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Colombia is the second-most populous country in South America after Brazil, and the third-most populous in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico. Colombia's population has grown steadily for most of its history, although the growth rate slowed markedly in the late 20th century, due in part to emigration resulting from a sustained internal ...
The border with Peru is 1,626 km (1,010 mi) long, making it the third longest border in Colombia. It begins at the confluence of the Güepí and Putumayo rivers, and runs downstream to the mouth of the Yaguas River, from where it follows a straight line to the mouth of the Atacuari River in the Amazon, and along the course of the latter to the ...
English: Map of South America showing physical, political and population characteristics, in Mercator projection, with legend, as per 2018. Compiled using QGIS and CC-0 Natural Earth geodata. Compiled using QGIS and CC-0 Natural Earth geodata.
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
South America is home to 400 million people, of which 180 million is composed of Whites with several different European extractions, as well as people with other lineages including 17 million Levantine Arabs, mostly Christians from the Levant region, (found in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Chile), 440 thousand Ashkenazi and ...
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, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
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An enlargeable topographic map of Colombia. Geography of Colombia. Colombia is: a megadiverse country; Location: Western Hemisphere, on the Equator. South America; Time in Colombia. Time zone: UTC-05; Extreme points of Colombia. High: Pico Cristóbal Colón 5,700 m (18,701 ft) or Pico Simón Bolívar 5,700 m (18,701 ft)