1. Colombia Colombia is south from SouthAmerica
Colombia is east from Venezuela
Colombia latitude is 400n , 7200w
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2. Economy Industries: textiles, food processing
Agriculture: coffee, cut flowers, bananas
GDP Per capita:9200 {2008 est.}
Unemployment rate: 11.3 %
Percent of people below poverty line:49.2%

3. Government
Government Type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
President: Alvaro Uribe velez
Constitution: 5 july 1991; amended many times.

4. Geography
Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highland.
Terrain: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes mountains, eastern lowland plains.

5. Colonization Who colonized (took over) Columbia? Spain took over.
When did this happen? Because they came over from europe and needed new land so they went to war and columbia won.
When did they get independence? 20 july 1810 [ from spain].
How did they get independence? Because they won the war.

6. Why is Columbia Developing?
Drug trade is a problem
Because it’s killing people
They own the government