COLOMBIA is an amazing cultural country you have to visit.
Magazine No. 1 Joell Mendoza Julio
COLOMBIA Colombian Cities Cartagena Santa Marta Barranquilla Bogotá Medellin Bucaramanga San Andrés Island Cali
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Officially the Republic of Colombia is an amazing country you have to visit. It is a unitary constitutional republic It is comprising thirty-two departments. This country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico.
Colombia is famous for the production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil. All of these products make up the primary sector of economy.
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COLOMBIA has many beautiful cities that you can visit, ones of the most important in terms of culture are: Cartagena San Marta Barraquilla Bogotá Medellín Bucaramanga San Andrés Cali
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It is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of BolĂvar Department.
The
city
had a population of 892,545 as of the 2005 census,
making
the fifth-largest city
it in
Colombia and giving the Cartagena urban area the status
of
fifth-largest
urban area in Colombia. Cartagena is a center of economic activity in the Caribbean, popular
as
well
a
tourist
destination.
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It
is
the
capital
city
of
the Colombian department
of Magdalena in the Caribbean Region. It was founded in July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, which makes it
the
remaining Colombia
oldest city
in
(Santa
MarĂa la Antigua del DariĂŠn was
founded
earlier, but abandoned soon after). Located between the Santa Marta Mountains and the Caribbean Sea, the city is a popular tourist destination due to its history, colonial architecture, beaches and nearby nature reserves.
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It is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia,
near
the Caribbean
The
capital
of
Sea.
the AtlĂĄntico
Department,
it
is
the
largest industrial city and port
in
the Colombian
Caribbean
region with
a
population of 1,885,500 as of 2011 in its metropolitan area,
which
it Colombia's
makes fourth
most
populo
us
city after BogotĂĄ, MedellĂn and Cali.
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From 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city,
of Colombia.
designated
by
It the
is
also
national
constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district and
no
longer
belongs
administratively to that department. Bogotá is the most populous city in the
country,
with
7.363.782
inhabitants as of 2010. Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had a population of 7,881,156 in 2005.
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It
is
the second-largest
city in
Colombia. It is in the AburrĂĄ Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. To 2012, it has a population of 2.7 million. With its surrounding area, the metropolitan area of MedellĂn, composed by another nine cities, it is the second largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms
of
population
and
economy, with more than 3.5 million people.
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It is the capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest economy in Colombia, and has the sixth largest population in country, with 1,212,656 people
in
its
metropolitan
area.
Bucaramanga has over 160 parks scattered throughout the city and has been given the nickname ("City of Parks") and ("Colombia's Beautiful City"). It is internationally recognized for its parks.
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It is a coral island among the Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea; it is the largest island of the southern group of islands. Together with the nearby islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina (which, with some smaller islets and shoals, form the northern group of the Colombian archipelago), San AndrĂŠs forms the department
of San
AndrĂŠs, Providencia and Santa Catalina. The island's location in South Americahas been aptly described as "Geographically near Nicaragua, past historically tied to England, and politically part of Colombia."
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Santiago de Cali simply referred to as Cali. It is a city in western Colombia and the
capital of the Valle
del Cauca
Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country, after Bogotá and Medellín.
It
has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because of its geographical location. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by
the
Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Marta http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barranquilla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucaramanga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andr%C3%A9s_(island) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali
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