Facts About Colombia
- Country Code: 57
- Country Capital: Bogotá
- National Currency: Peso
- Indepence Day: July 20, 1810
- Tourism Web Site: Bogota Official Tourism Website
Geography
- Longitude & Lattitude: 4 00 N, 72 00 W
- Land Boundaries - 3,731 miles (6,004 km)
- Brazil: 1,021 miles (1,643 km)
- Ecuador: 367 miles (590 km)
- Panama: 140 miles (225 km)
- Peru: 930 miles (1,496 km)
- Venezuela: 1,274 miles (2,050 km)
- Coastline: 1,993 miles (3,208 km)
- Caribbean Sea: miles 1,094 (1,760 km)
- Pacific Ocean: 900 miles (1,448 km)
- Total Area: 439,736 sq miles (1,138,910 sq km)
- land: 401,044 sq miles (1,038,700 sq km)
- water: 3,8691 sq miles (100,210 sq km) - includes Malpelo Island, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank)
- Highest Elevation: Pico Cristobal Colon/Pico Simon Bolivar - 18, 947 ft. (5,775 m)
- Political Map: Colombia is comprised of the capital district of Bogotá, in addition to 32 departments (capitals): Amazonas (Leticia), Antioquia (Medellín), Arauca (Arauca), Atlántico (Barranguilla), Bolívar (Cartagena), Boyacá (Tunja), Caldas (Manizales), Caquetá (Florencia), Casanare (Yopal), Cauca (Popayán), Cesar (Valledupar), Chocó (Quibdó), Córdoba (Montería), Cundinamarca (Bogotá), Guainía (Inirida), Guaviare (San José del Guaviare), Huila (Neiva), La Guajira (Riohacha), Magdalena (Santa Marta), Meta (Villavicencio), Nariño (Pasto), Norte de Santander (Cúcuta), Putumayo (Mocoa), Quindío (Armenia), Risaralda (Pereira), Santander (Bucaramanga), San Andrés & Providencia (San Andrés), Sucre (Sincelejo), Tolima (Ibagué), Valle del Cauca (Cali), Vaupés (Mitú) and Vichada (Puerto Carreño). These departments are divided into 1,119 municipalities.
The San Andres & Providencia department is comprised of two island groups, which are located some 482 miles (775 km) northwest of Colombia (just off the central Atlantic coast of Nicaragua). They are too small to show on the map below.