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The Caro and Cuervo Institute in Bogotá is the main institution in Colombia to promote the scholarly study of the language and literature of both Colombia and the rest of Spanish America. The educated speech of Bogotá, a generally conservative variety of Spanish, has high popular prestige among Spanish-speakers throughout the Americas.
For instance, the first civil statue placed in a plaza in Colombia was the figure of Bolivar, the main founding father of Colombia. The statue of Bolivar was unveiled on July 20, 1846, which is the Independence Day of Colombia, trying to strengthen the patriotism of the new republic in people of Bogotá and Colombia.
The majority of Colombians speak Spanish (see also Colombian Spanish), but in total 90 languages are listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database. The specific number of spoken languages varies slightly since some authors consider as different languages what others consider to be varieties or dialects of the same language.
Bacatá, also transliterated as Bogot(h)á, the former main settlement of the southern Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest; Bogotá Province, a former province of Gran Colombia and later of the Republic of New Granada
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.
fulano muysca person cha male cho good guy COP fulano muysca cha cho guy fulano person male good COP So-and-so is a good male (1b) (Lugo, 1619:3r) muysca person fuhucha woman cho good muysca fuhucha cho person woman good Good woman Adjective The adjective muysca does not agree in gender or number with the noun. According to its form, it can be basic, derived or periphrastic. The periphrastic ...
emeralds: Colombia is the primary producer of emeralds in the world; copper; coal: the coal mines still operate today at Zipaquirá and other sites. Colombia has some of the world's most significant coal reserves. [8] salt: there were mines in production at Nemocón, Zipaquirá, and Tausa
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.