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Colombie

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Coordinates: 4°N 72°W / 4°N 72°W / 4; -72

Republic o Colombie

República de Colombia  (Spaingie)
Motto: "Libertad y Orden" (Spaingie)
"Freedom an Order"
Anthem: ¡Oh, Gloria Inmarcesible!  (Spaingie)
O unfadin glory!
Location o  Colombie  (dark green)in Sooth Americae  (grey)
Location o  Colombie  (dark green)

in Sooth Americae  (grey)

Caipital
and largest city
Bogotá
4°35′N 74°4′W / 4.583°N 74.067°W / 4.583; -74.067
Offeecial leidsSpaingiea
Recognised regional leids68 ethnic leids an dialects. Inglis is an aa offeecial in the airchipelago o San Andrés, Providencia an Santa Catalina.
Ethnic groups
(2005[1][2])
Demonym(s)Colombian
GovrenmentUnitar presidential constitutional republic
 Preses
Abelardo de la Espriella
José Manuel Restrepo
Honorio Henríquez
Iván Mauricio Lenis Gómez
LegislaturCongress
Senate
Chaumer o Representatives
Unthirldom frae Spain
 Declared
20 July 1810
 Recognised
7 August 1819
 Last unitarisation
1886
4 Julie 1991
Aurie
 Total
1,141,748 km2 (440,831 sq mi) (25t)
 Water (%)
8.8 (17t)
Population
 2026 estimate
53,399,171[3] (26t)
 2005 census
42,888,592[4]
 Density
46.77/km2 (121.1/sq mi) (173rd)
GDP (PPP)2026 estimate
 Total
Increase $1.259 trillion[5] (32nd)
 Per capita
Increase $23,576[5] (85th)
GDP (nominal)2026 estimate
 Tot
Increase $539.530 billion[5] (32nd)
 Per capita
Increase $10,104[5] (89th)
Gini (2023)positive decrease 53.9[6]
heich
HDI (2023)Increase 0.788[7]
heich · 83rd
CurrencyPeso (COP)
Time zoneUTC−5b (COT)
Date formatdd−mm−yyyy (CE)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+57
ISO 3166 codeCO
Internet TLD.co
  1. Awtho the Colombian Constitution specifees Spaingie (Castellano) as the offeecial leid in aw Colombie territory, ither leids spoken in the kintra bi ethnic groups – approximately 68 leids – ilk is an aa offeecial in its awn territory.[8] Inglis is an aa offeecial in the airchipelago o San Andrés, Providencia an Santa Catalina.[9]
  2. The offeecial Colombie time[10] is controlled an coordinatit bi the Naitional Institute o Metrology.[11]
Departaments o Colombie

Colombie, offeecially the Republic o Colombie (Spainish: República de Colombia, pronoonced [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a kintra in north-wastren Sooth Americae. Colombie marches tae the east wi Venezuela an Brazil; tae the sooth wi Ecuador an Peru; tae the north wi the Caribbean Sea; tae the north wast wi Panama; an tae the wast wi the Paceefic Ocean. Colombie shares maritime marches wi Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua an Costa Rica an aw. Colombie is the 26t maistmuckle naition in the warld an the fowert maistmuckle in Sooth Americae (efter Brazil, Argentinae, an Peru), wi an area mair nor twa times that o Fraunce. It haes the 29t lairgest population in the warld an the seicont lairgest in Sooth Americae an aw, efter Brazil. Colombie haes the third maistmuckle Spainish-spikkin population in the warld efter Mexico an Spain.

References

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  1. "visibilización estadística de los grupos étnicos" (PDF). Censo General 2005. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE). Retrieved 15 Juin 2013.
  2. Bushnell, David; Hudson, Rex A. (2010). The Society and Its Environment; Colombia: a country study (PDF). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington D.C. pp. 87, 92.
  3. "Proyecciones de Población DANE". Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named "DANE clock".
  5. 1 2 3 4 "World Economic Outlook Database (April 2026 Edition)". www.imf.org. International Monetary Fund. 14 Apryle 2026. Retrieved 19 Apryle 2026.
  6. "Colombia - The World Factbook". Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2026. Retrieved 6 Juin 2026.
  7. "Human Development Report 2025" (PDF) (in Inglis). United Nations Development Programme. 6 Mey 2025. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 6 Mey 2025. Retrieved 6 Mey 2025.
  8. Colombian Constitution of 1991 (Title I – Concerning Fundamental Principles – Article 10)
  9. "LEY 47 DE 1993" (in Spanish). alcaldiabogota.gov.co. Retrieved 23 Februar 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  10. "The official Colombian time" (in Spanish). horalegal.inm.gov.co. Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2014. Retrieved 23 Februar 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  11. "Decreto 4175 de 2011, artículo 6, numeral 14" (in Spanish). Presidencia de la República de Colombia. Archived frae the original on 15 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 14 Mairch 2016.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)