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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 smaller Santa Catalina Island to the northwest is connected by a 100-metre (330 ft) footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island. Providencia Island has an area of 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi); [ 1 ] the two islands cover an area of 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) and form the municipality of Santa Isabel, which had a population ...
Providencia Island and Santa Catalina Island (a small satellite island close off its northern end) extend 7.2 km in a north–south direction. The land area of Providencia Island measures 17 km 2. The mountainous center of Providencia Island rises to three peaks of about the same elevation: roughly 363 meters.
Santa Cruz del Islote (Spanish for: Santa Cruz of the Islet or Holy Cross of the Islet) is an artificial island located off the coast of Bolívar Department in Colombia, close to Tolú and Coveñas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a part of the Archipelago of San Bernardo . [ 4 ]
San Andrés is the largest of the island group in the Department of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providence and Saint Catherine. San Andrés is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 750 km (470 mi) northwest of the coast of Colombia. [4] The island is 13 km (8.1 mi) [20] in length and 3 km (1.9 mi) in width. [21]
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Countries with YouTube localization; Country Language(s) Launch date Notes United States: English: February 14, 2005 [280] First location and worldwide launch Brazil: Portuguese: June 19, 2007 [280] First international location, first location in South America, and the first Latin American Country. France: French and Basque: June 19, 2007 [280]
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.