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	Colombia - MSN Encarta
		Colombia is blessed with natural resources, including beautiful beaches, dramatic mountains, and lush rain forests, but it is notorious for political unrest and the violent influence of powerful drug cartels.
		Colombia is the only country in South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
		Colombia has also been plagued by an illegal drug trade that flourished in the country as a consequence of the growing demand for narcotics, particularly cocaine, in the United States and other rich, industrialized countries.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564636/Colombia.html (971 words)

	Colombia
		Colombia's bicameral parliament is the Congress or Congreso, which consists of the Senate or Senado of 102 seats and the House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes of 166 seats.
		Ethnic diversity in Colombia is a result of the intermingling of indigenous Amerindians, Spanish colonists, and African slaves, producing a mixture of mestizos (58%), whites (20%), mulattos (14%), fls (4%), and mixed fl-Amerindians (3%).
		Colombia is the third-most populous country in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Colombia.html (704 words)

	US & Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia is located in the middle of the hemisphere, on the northern coast of the South American continent.
		Colombia has over 37 billion barrels of oil potential and is currently the largest foreign provider of coal to the U.S. Colombia is the fifth largest supplier of foreign oil to the United States.
		Colombia’s guerilla and illegal self-defense groups, primarily funded by drug trafficking activities, are a source of potential instability for neighboring Latin America, particularly in the Andean region.
	home.earthlink.net /~cafe.tinto/colombia.htm (2153 words)

	Colombia Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Colombia’s chief ocean ports, however, lie on the Caribbean coast to the N: Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Barranquilla.
		Colombia is rich in minerals, including petroleum and natural gas (rapid growth in oil exportation makes it the third largest Latin American oil exporter), iron, coal, gold, silver, platinum, and emeralds.
		Colombia’s economy began to recover from the setbacks of the early 1970s as economic diversification and incentives to lure foreign capital into the country were initiated.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Colombia.html (1571 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As is usual, half the money will go to Colombia, but with a new twist: $98 million for training and equipping a Colombian...
		The country continues to be plagued by guerrilla insurgents such as FARC and the effects of the influential drug trade, which are hampering political and economic reforms and leading to disruptions of public life and international concern.
		Colombia's largest city is its capital Bogota, other major cities include Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Ibagué, Manizales, Pasto, Cúcuta and Bucaramanga.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Colombia (1255 words)

	Department of Geography - The George Washington University
		The Department of Geography at The George Washington University is dedicated to achieving excellence in research and education.
		Geography is an integral part of the basic education of university students, occupying a central role in the pursuit of knowledge among complementary disciplines.
		Offering introductory and a wide range of advanced courses, the faculty of geography is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, research, and the incorporation of innovative methods of geographic analysis and communication.
	www.gwu.edu /~geog (167 words)

	Colombia
		Its geography, flora and fauna are amazingly diverse.
		Colombia is the four largest country in South America, after Brazil, Argentina and Peru.
		Colombia won the independence from Spain after the last battle at Boyacá on 7 August 1819 under the command of Simón Bolivar.
	members.tripod.com /~texcolca1/body/colombia.html (584 words)

	GEOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia lies almost entirely in the Torrid Zone, a meteorological term denoting the areas of the earth.
		The population of Colombia (1996 estimate) is 36,813,161, giving the country an overall population density of about 35 persons per sq km (about 91 per sq mi).
		The official language of Colombia is Spanish, although a new constitution adopted in 1991 recognizes the languages of ethnic groups in their territories and provides for bilingual education.
	people.smu.edu /dlperez/Colombiahome_files/geography.htm (404 words)

	Colombia (10/06)
		Colombia's Ministry of Defense, charged with the country's internal and external defense and security, exercises jurisdiction over an army, navy--including marines and coast guard--air force and national police under the leadership of a civilian Minister of Defense.
		Colombia has improved protection of intellectual property rights through the adoption of three Andean Pact decisions in 1993 and 1994 as well as an internal decree on data protection, but the United States remains concerned over deficiencies in licensing and copyright protection.
		Colombia has participated in all five Summits of the Americas, most recently in November 2005, and followed up on initiatives developed at the first two summits by hosting two post-summit, ministerial-level meetings on trade and science and technology.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35754.htm (4768 words)

	Source Countries and Drug Transit Zones - International - ONDCP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia is the source of over 90 percent of the cocaine entering the United States and a significant source of the heroin on American streets.
		Colombia's police and military forces captured or shared in the capture of over 200 metric tons of cocaine and cocaine base.
		Colombia's efforts, augmented by U.S. assistance, are beginning to show concrete results on American streets as retail cocaine and heroin purities decline and prices for these drugs rise.
	www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov /international/colombia.html (508 words)

	Wikinfo \| Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Internal political and territorial divisions led to the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador in 1830 and the country was renamed New Granada until 1856 when it became the Granadine Confederation until 1863 when it became the United States of Colombia until 1886 when it became the Republic of Colombia.
		President Alvaro Uribe, a Harvard and Oxford-educated lawyer, was elected President of Colombia in May 2002 on a line platform to restore security to the country.
		Among his promises was to continue to pursue the broad goals of the Pastrana administration's Plan Colombia, but within the framework of a long-term security strategy.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Colombia (875 words)

	Information of Colombia, Colombia History, Geography, Climate
		Colombia is situated in the northwest of South America and has coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
		The low regions along the coast and the deep Patía and Magdalena river valleys are hot, with average annual temperatures fluctuating between 24° to 27°C. From about 1,500 to 7,500 ft, the climate is subtropical, and from 7,500 to 10,000 ft, the climate is temperate.
		Colombia is home to one of the world's greatest varieties of birds, as well as hundreds of different kinds of
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/colombia.html (532 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		Colombia lies entirely within the tropics, but climate and land use vary greatly according to altitude, ranging from the arid low-lying Guajira peninsula in the north-east and tropical lowlands of the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, to the bleak pastures of the Andean páramo (high moorlands).
		Colombia has emerged from the crisis of 1999 when the country was affected by instability in Brazil and South East Asia.
		Colombia has significantly reduced the population growth rate from 3.1% per year in the early 1960's to 1.6% in 2004.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1023977766424 (3686 words)

	Colombia Overview \| Colombia Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		The Republic of Colombia was formally established in 1855.
		Although portrayed as the latest phase of the ‘war on drugs’, it is clear that the program is essentially political and strategic – the objective is to destroy FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and its allies.
		Colombia is situated in South America, bordered to the north by the Caribbean, to the northwest by Panama, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the southwest by Ecuador and Peru, to the northeast by Venezuela and to the southeast by Brazil.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Colombia/Overview (626 words)

	Geography of Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Caribbean lowlands consist of all of Colombia north of an imaginary line extending northeastward from the Golfo de Urabá to the Venezuelan frontier at the northern extremity of the Cordillera Oriental.
		The andeas range is located in Colombia from the southwest (Ecuador boarder) toward the northeast (Venezuela boarder) and is divided in the Colombian Massif (Macizo Colombiano) in three ranges (East Range, Centre Range and West Range) that form two long valleys, Magdalena and Cauca follow by the rivers of the same name.
		The eastern half of Colombia, comprising more than half its territory, is plain and composed by savanna and rainforest, crossed by rivers belonging to the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Colombia (2645 words)

	Colombia: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia is made up of two major physical regions: the Andes, with its large valleys and basins in the west; and the broad lowlands, which extend over almost two-thirds of the country in the east.
		The population is concentrated in the valleys and basins of the mountain region, while the lowlands are sparsely inhabited.
		The extensive lowlands of the east, which cover nearly two-thirds of Colombia, belong to two large drainage basins, that of the Orinoco river in the north and the Amazon river in the south, and to two natural landscape regions, the Llanos in the north and the Selvas in the south.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/colgeo1.htm (711 words)

	Why Colombian Coffee? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia is the world’s second largest coffee producing country, and the producer of one of the world’s best quality coffee.
		The exotic geography of Colombia allows for a large variety of microclimates and a rich volcanic soil that are ideal for growing coffee in several regions of the country.
		Colombia’s diverse topography results in different coffee harvesting seasons depending on the region, allowing it to consistently export excellent quality coffee all year long.
	www.andeano.com /GCwhyColombiaCoffee.asp (423 words)

	Colombia - Country Profile - Republica de Colombia, South America
		Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela).
		Four decades of conflict have turned Colombia into one of the world's worst humanitarian hotspots, with millions caught up in the crossfire between leftist rebels, cocaine smugglers and far-right paramilitary militias.
		Colombia's long-running war has forced three million people from their homes.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/colombia.htm (731 words)

	Colombia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Colombia is located on the northwestern corner of the South American continent.
		It is bound by Panama and the Caribbean Sea to the northwest, Venezuela to the northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
		(4.) Eastern Colombia which is east of the Andes and comprises the vast Llanos or plains in the northern area as well as the Selvas or jungle forests in the south.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/colombo.htm (1622 words)

	Colombian American Association
		Colombia lies at the gateway to South America and must have been a transit point for the first inhabitants who migrated from North and Central America.
		However, their art reveals a high degree of craftsmanship and their goldwork is the best in the whole continent, both for the techniques used and for the artistic design.
		Colombia is a country of geographical contrasts and extremes.
	www.colombianamerican.org /sections/ourcountry/ourcountry.htm (432 words)

	Colombia Facts
		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.
		Ethnic diversity in Colombia is a result of the intermingling of indigenous Indians, Spanish colonists, and Africans.
		Major political parties: Conservative Party of Colombia, Liberal Party, and a score of small political movements (most of them allied with one or the other major party).
	www.colombiajournal.org /colombiafacts.htm (365 words)

	Colombia Web Links: Library and Links: Jeannette Rankin Library Program: U.S. Institute of Peace
		These links complement the conflict-resolution simulation exercise on Colombia for the state-level high school winners of the Institute's National Peace Essay Contest in June, 2000.
		Extensive database of news and analysis on Colombia, with articles contributed by OneWorld partners, searchable by keyword, topic, and region with additional criteria for narrowing the search.
		Colombia 2002 report in Microsoft Word format with hyperlinks is also available for downloading.
	www.usip.org /library/regions/colombia.html (1177 words)

	Colombia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Colombia is bordered on the northwest by Panama, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, and on the southwest by Peru and Ecuador.
		In the 1970s and 1980s, Colombia became one of the international centers for illegal drug production and trafficking, and at times the drug cartels (the Medillin and Cali cartels were the most notorious) virtually controlled the country.
		Colombia: Land - Land Colombia has both torrid jungles and majestic, snowcapped mountains.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107419.html (1400 words)

	Colombia
		Tourists entering Colombia may be asked for evidence of return or onward travel, usually in the form of a round-trip ticket.
		Before electing to undergo such procedures in Colombia, the Department of State recommends that you consult with your physician in the United States, research the credentials of the provider in Colombia, and carefully consider the availability of emergency medical facilities in the event that complications should arise.
		Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Colombia are severe, and convicted offenders can expect long prison sentences in harsh conditions, heavy fines, and great hardship for themselves and their families.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1090.html (3556 words)

	Colombia Geográfica - Colombian Geography
		Colombia comparte con varios países latinoamericanos un curioso patrón de su estructura geográfica institucional: hay, por un lado, un par de organismos gubernamentales, el
		Los egresados de estos centros y los geógrafos formados en el extranjero están empezando a hacer de la geografía en Colombia una ciencia y una profesión.
		En Colombia también ha prosperado el ejercicio liberal de la práctica geografica, especialmente por parte de los ingenieros geógrafos.
	www.homestead.com /acoge2000/Colombia.html (321 words)

	Colombia - Gurupedia
		It is bound to the north by Panama and the
		Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial and modern times.
		African slaves, are the basis of Colombia's current demographics.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/co/colombia.htm (834 words)

	License Plates of Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Colombia became independent from Spain in 1819 as Grand Colombia.
		Ecuador and Venezuela seceded from Grand Colombia in 1830.
		Colombia was called New Granada from 1930 until 1863.
	www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/SA_COLO.html (52 words)

	Colombian Geography
		Geography has come a long way in Colombia.
		Beginning with the work of Martin Fer- nández de Enciso, one of the early Spanish explorers of the Caribbean region, geo- graphic research and writing gradually became a learned tradition in the country, that excelled in the cases of Caldas, Codazzi, and Vergara y Velasco.
		Ratzel produced is situated on the border-edge of two centuries, five continents and numerous disciplinary fields.
	www.homestead.com /acoge2000/English.html (606 words)

	Colombia - GEOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		All of the borders had long been delineated, and most had been demarcated by surveys and the placement of markers, although tropical jungle terrain and hostile Indians had impeded survey operations in some areas along the borders with Venezuela and Brazil.
		Colombia and Venezuela did, however, dispute sovereignty over the seabed in the Golfo de Venezuela, an area of potential petroleum wealth.
		In addition to its mainland territory, Colombia possesses a number of small islands in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
	countrystudies.us /colombia/31.htm (305 words)

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