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 Today Colombia is a country with a steady economic
growth, respectful of Human Rights and committed to provide security
and social services to its citizens. In addition, Colombia boasts now a
diverse range of flourishing industries including energy,
manufacturing, telecommunications, transport, agro-business and
business and financial services. These efforts have led to the recovery
of territorial control from terrorist groups, major reductions in the
levels of violence and the strengthening of democratic institutions.
Colombia is a relatively unknown country with
incredible highlights that audiences around the world dont know. Some
interesting facts about Colombia are:
- Over half of the flowers sold in the United States come from Colombia.
- Last year Colombia's market share was 84% in the US and 15.8% in Europe.
- Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez is the most read novelist in the world.
- Colombian pop-singer Shakira is one of the most popular Latin American artists in the world who has won several Grammy awards.
- One of the most promising studies on Malaria was led by Colombian
scientists Manuel Elkin Patarrollo. This study was donated to the World
Health Organisation.
- Colombia is the world's third largest banana producer.
- Colombia ranks fourth in the world in palm oil production, drinking water supplies and nickel.
- Colombia’s Caribbean coast is closer to Miami than Miami is to New York.
- Colombia is the size of France, Spain and Portugal combined. Its
41-million residents makes it the third most populous country in Latin
America.
- The Colombian side of the Amazons is home to 10% of the world’s
biodiversity. A total of 58% of the territory is located in the mazon
region, but only 5% of the country’s population lives in that area
where there is very little economic infrastructure.
- Colombia is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the
Western Hemisphere. The country has 85 different ethnic groups,
creating a true melting pot of European, indigenous and Afro-Caribbean
communities. The indigenous peoples (700,000) make up less than 2% of
the population. Nevertheless, they own almost a quarter of the national
territory as it is established in the Colombian Constitution.
- Colombia has over 47 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, of
which only 1,632 million have been discovered. Currently, Colombia is
the fifth largest provider
- of crude oil and the largest foreign provider of coal to the United States.
- Colombia is Latin America’s oldest and most stable democracy. It
has experienced peaceful changes of government every four years over
the last half century. Citizens have elected government representatives
during free, fair and competitive elections. Moreover, Colombia enjoys
full freedom of press.
- Colombia was Latin America’s strongest and most stable economy
during the 20th century. It did not experience a year of negative
growth for over 70 years, between the 1930s and the late 1990s.
Moreover, it has never experienced hyperinflation and has never
defaulted on its international
- debts or financial obligations.
To discover more interesting facts about Colombia, visit the official tourims website at www.colombia.travel
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Interesting Facts About Colombia
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