1. Colombia! By: Hannah Staska and Amanda Vasek

2. Colombian Animals Colombian Weasel- an endangered species. Weighs approximately 138 g. The live close to water Cotton Top Tamarin- Weighs about 1 pound. Found near water. Colombian Squirrel Monkey- Exhibits grayish- brown coloration with a very pale orange tinge.

3.  Gabriel Garcia Marquez~ He wrote the novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, in 1967.  Santiago Gamboa~ Author of the travel book Octubre en Pekin(October in Pekin)  Hèctor Abad Faciolince~ Abad is best known for his novel, Angosta.

4. 1. Bogotà Pop: 7,102,602 2. Cali Pop: 2,392,877 3. Medellín Pop: 1,999,979 Bogotà Cali Medellín

5. Sports 1. Soccer is the most popular sport my far There are many other sports played. There is not a specific one for 2 & 3. Two other sports are cycling and basketball.

6. Geography/Topography Andes Mountain Range- worlds longest continental mountain range. Continental range of highlands along the West Coast of South America. 7,000 km long (4,300 mi.) Amazon Rainforest- only a little part of the rainforest is found in Colombia. It is believed to have formed in the Eocene Era. Llanos- A vast tropical grassland plain. It is east of the Andes Mountains. In northwest South America, especially Colombia and Venezuela.

7. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_Faciolince http://daytranslations.com/famous_colombians.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest http://wikitravel.org/en/El_Parque_Tayrona Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A 1rquezHttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A 1rquez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Gamboa http://population.mongabay.com/population/colombia http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic- of/Columbians.htmlhttp://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic- of/Columbians.html