COLOMBIA is the third-most populous country in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico. Thirty cities have a population of 100,000 or more. The nine eastern lowlands departments, constituting about 54% of Colombia's area, have less than 3% of the population and a density of less than one person per square kilometer (two persons per sq. mi.)
COLOMBIA has been, for a great number of years, the country which produces the best mild coffee in the world. Colombia's emeralds are praised as the world's most valuable emeralds. And, how about Colombian flowers or the pre-Columbian treasures of its Gold Museum? Colombia has outstanding people in all kinds of fields: writers, scientists, artists, athletes, industrialists, entrepreneurs. Colombian men and women are hard working people with family oriented values.
Intersting Facts about COLOMBIA
- Produces the richest coffee in the world.
- Is an important exporter of bananas and exotic fruits.
- Has the biggest export-oriented steam coal mine in the world, "El Cerrejón North Zone", an open pit mine capable of producing 15 million metric tons of coal per year.
- Is the second richest country in bird species in the world, after Brazil.
- Has abundant oil and natural gas reserves.
- Is an important producer of platinum, gold and silver.
- Is the second richest country in biodiversity in the world, after Brazil.
- Is the major world source of emeralds.
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