COLOMBIA Definition & Meaning

Colombia

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uh; Spanish kaw-lawm-byah ]

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noun

a republic in northwestern South America. 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). : ��ǲ��ǳ�á.

Colombia

/ ��əˈ��ɒ��ɪə /

noun

a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: ��ǲ��ǳ�á. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)

Colombia

Republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Panama to the northwest, Venezuela to the northeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south, and Brazil to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is ��ǲ��ǳ�á .

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Notes

Trafficking of marijuana and cocaine remains a problem in Colombia. With support from the United States, the Colombian government has attacked drug traffickers, but the country continues to be torn by civil war between left-wing and right-wing factions.

Its major legal crop is coffee.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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And he also explores other topics like rhino poaching in South Africa and illegal gold mining in Colombia.

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Since learning that he’s not going to die soon, he has gotten stem-cell treatments, he said — done in Medellín, Colombia — in his knees, hips and back.

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The US mostly sources its coffee from Brazil and Colombia, which are subject to the baseline 10% tariffs.

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The 34-year-old from Nuneaton experienced what it was like to be under the watch of the cartel in Colombia, visited a prison rife with gangs in the Philippines, and observed illegal poaching in South Africa.

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Offspring of hippos illegally imported to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are thriving in the lush area, and experts are warning of the dangers they pose.

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