...|conventional_long_name=Republic of Colombia|common_name=Colombia|image_flag=Flag of Colombia.svg|image_coat=Coat of Arms of Colombia.svg|image_map=Colombia (orthographic projection).svg|national_motto="Libertad y Orden""Liberty and Order"|national_anthem=|capital=Bogota|latd=4|latm=39|latNS=N|longd=74|longm=3|longEW=W|largest_city=capital|official_languages=Spanish|regional_languages=The languages and dialects of ethnic groups are also official in their territories. Constitution of Colombia, 1991 (Article 10)|ethnic_groups=58% mestizo, 20% white, 14% mulatto, 4% black, 3% zambo, 1% Amerindian.|demonym=Colombian|government_type=Presidential republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=Álvaro Uribe Vélez|leader_title2=Vice President|leader_name2=Francisco Santos|leader_title3=President of Congress|leader_name3=Javier Cáceres Leal|leader_title4=President of the Supreme Court|leader_name4=Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán|sovereignty_type=Independence|sovereignty_note=from Spain|established_event1=Declared|established_date1=July 20, 1810|established_event2=Recognized|established_date2=August 7, 1819|established_event3=Current constitution|established_date3=1991|area_rank=26th|area_magnitude=1 E12|area_km2=1,141,748|area_sq_mi=440,839|percent_water=8.8|population_estimate=44,928,970 Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística|population_estimate_rank=29th|population_estimate_year=April 2009|population_census=42,888,592|population_census_year=2005|population_density_km2=40|population_density_sq_mi=104|population_density_rank=168th|GDP_PPP=$397.249 billion|GDP_PPP_rank=|GDP_PPP_year=2008|GDP_PPP_per_capita=$8,800[1]|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank=|GDP_nominal=$240.832 billion|GDP_nominal_rank=|GDP_nominal_year=2008|GDP_nominal_per_capita=$4,989|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank=|Gini=52|Gini_year=2006|Gini_category=high|HDI= 0.807|HDI_rank=77th|HDI_year=2007|HDI_category=high|HPI=67.2|HPI_rank=2nd|HPI_year=2006|HPI_category=medium|currency=Peso|currency_code=COP|country_code=CO|time_zone=|utc_offset=-5|time_zone_DST=|utc_offset_DST=|drives_on=Right|date_format=dd-mm-yyyy (CE)|cctld=.co|calling_code=+57|footnote1=Although the Colombian Constitution specifies the Spanish as official language in all its territory, the native languages (approximately 75 dialects) are also official in their own territories.|footnote2=The official Colombian time, ( horalegal.sic.gov.co) is controlled and coordinated by the state agency "Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio".-->Colombia (), officially the Republic of Colombia (, ), is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Tratados Internacionales limítrofes de Colombia Colombia - Limites territoriales With a population of nearly 45 million people, Colombia has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil. Colombia has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico. Read full entry

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