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"Colombia: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin. "Colombia". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011. "Colombia". Union List of Current Newspapers and Selected Serials. USA: Latin America North East Libraries ...
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
The Ministry of Labour (Spanish: Ministerio del Trabajo) is the national executive ministry of Colombia in charge of formulating, implementing, and orienting labour policy and labour relations to stimulate job growth through job creation programs. [4] It is also in charge of labour rights, pensions, and occupational safety and health in ...
In La Candelaria is the site of the formal foundation of the city, the Plaza Mayor known today as Plaza de Bolívar.Around it are the Capitolio Nacional (seat of the Congress of Colombia), the Palace of Justice (seat of the Supreme Court of Justice), the Palacio Liévano (seat of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá), the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, the Chapel del Sagrario and the Archbishop's ...
Éxito is a Colombian supermarket chain owned by Grupo Éxito and headquartered in Medellín, Colombia.It was founded in Envigado in the year 1949, by Gustavo Toro Quintero and now is one of the largest supermarket companies in the country, and has 390 stores ubicated in 175 municipalities of the Colombian territory.
Immigration from Colombia was determined mostly by security issues linked mainly to the Colombian armed conflict. From 1980-2000, emigration from Colombia was one of the largest in volume in Hispanic America. According to the 2005 Colombian census or DANE, about 3,331,107 Colombian citizens currently permanently reside outside of Colombia.
Map of Colombia Bogotá, Capital of Colombia Medellín Cali Barranquilla Cartagena Cúcuta Santa Marta. This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census. A city is displayed in bold if it is a capital city of a department.
La Victoria is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in the northern region. It is located in the right side of the Cauca River , in the valley between the western and central ranges.