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1、Capital: BogotáCurrency:PesoOfficiallanguage: SpanishLanguageGovernment: Constitutionalrepublic, Unitarystate, PresidentialsystemPopulation: 46,927,125(2011)COLOMBIALOCATIONItislocatedinnorthwesternSouthAmerica,borderedtothenorthwestbyPanama;tothenorthbytheCaribbeanSea;totheeas
2、tbyVenezuelaandBraziltothesouthbyEcuadorandPeruandtothewestbythePacificOcean.NATIONALFLAGCOLOMBIANNATIONALSYMBOLSABOUTCOLOMBIAThename"Colombia"isderivedfromthelastnameof ChristopherColumbus(Italian: CristoforoColombo;Spanish: CristóbalColón).Withanestimated46millionpeoplein2008
3、,Colombiaisthe third-mostpopulouscountry inLatinAmerica,afterBrazilandMexico.TodayColombiaisthethirdlargest oilproducer inSouthAmericaanditisestimatedthatby2012.Colombiahasthe fourthlargesteconomy inLatinAmericaGEOGRAPHYColombiaischaracterizedbyitssixmain naturalregions thatpre
4、senttheirownuniquecharacteristics,fromthe Andesmountainrange regionsharedwithEcuadorandVenezuela;the Pacificcoastalregion sharedwithPanamaandEcuador;theCaribbeancoastalregionsharedwithVenezuelaandPanama;the Llanos (plains)sharedwithVenezuela;tothe AmazonRainforest regionsharedw
5、ithVenezuela,Brazil,PeruandEcuador.HYDROLOGYANDCLIMATItsmainriversareMagdalena,Cauca,Guaviare,andCaquetá.About86%ofthecountry'stotalarealiesinhotWeatherColombiansdescribetheircountryintermsoftheclimaticzones.Below900meters(2,953 ft)inelevation (hotland),wheretemperaturesvarybet
6、ween24and38°C(75.2 and100.4 °F).Themostproductivelandandthemajorityofthepopulationcanbefoundtemperateland.Coldland,1,980and3,500meters(6,496and11,483ft)),between10and19°C(50 and66.2 °F).Above4,500meters(14,764 ft),wheretemperaturesarebelowfreezing,azoneofpermanentsnowandice.ECO
7、NOMYHistoricallyanagrarian(farming)economy.Colombiaisrichinnaturalresources,anditsmainexportsincludepetroleum,coal, coffee andotheragriculturalproduce,andgold.Colombiaisalsoknownastheworld'sleadingsourceof emeralds, whileover70%of cutflowers importedbytheUnitedStatesareColombia
8、nEconomichistoryPrecolonialandcolonialtime:Theminerala
