Portal:Colombia

Introduction Colombia (/kəˈlʌmbiə/ ( listen) kə-LUM-bee-ə, /-ˈlɒm-/ -LOM-; Spanish: [koˈlombja] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish:  República de Colombia ), is a country largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The sovereign state of Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Muisca, Quimbaya, and the Tairona. The Spanish set foot on Colombian soil for the first time in 1499 and in the first half of the 16th century initiated a period of conquest and colonization, ultimately creating the New Kingdom of Granada, with Santafé de Bogotá as its capital. Independence from Spain was acquired in 1819, but by 1830 the "Gran Colombia" Federation was dissolved. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation experimented with federalism as the Granadine Confederation (1858), and then the United States of Colombia (1863), before the Republic of Colombia was finally declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903. Since the 1960s, the country has suffered from an asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict, which escalated in the 1990s but then decreased from 2005 onward. Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world, and thereby possesses a rich cultural heritage. The urban centres are mostly located in the highlands of the Andes mountains. Colombian territory also encompasses Amazon rainforest, tropical grassland and both Caribbean and Pacific coastlines. Ecologically, it is one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries, and the most densely biodiverse of these per square kilometer. Colombia is a middle power and a regional actor with the fourth-largest economy in Latin America, is part of the CIVETS group of six leading emerging markets and is a member of the UN, the WTO, the OECD, the OAS, the Pacific Alliance, and other international organizations. Colombia has a diversified economy with macroeconomic stability and favorable growth prospects in the long run. Selected article Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali (/sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali/), often shortened to Cali, is the main city, municipality and capital of the Valle del Cauca, a department in western Colombia. With a population of 2,316.654 hab. Santiago de Cali is the third largest city in Colombia. It is a reference point inside Colombia because of its industrial and commercial development, and has one of the fastest growing economies in the country because of its geographical location. Cali was founded on July 25th in 1536 by the Spanish conqueror Sebastián de Belalcázar. The first part of the name Santiago de Cali honours Saint James the apostle (Santiago in Spanish) whose feast day is celebrated on July 25. There are several possibilities for the origin of the word "Cali". Some attribute it to a mispronunciation of the word "Lili", the name of a local tribe. Others believe that the word "Cali" has Quechua origin, and it was brought by the Yanaconas Indians that came from Quito serving Sebastián de Belalcázar. This theory is reinforced by the fact that near Quito there is an indigenous town named Cali Cali. read more>> Propose feature articles here. 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Society Social structure of Colombia - Colombian middle class - Colombian upper class - Colombian working class - Colombian lower class All currently covered by Social class in Colombia – needs expansion with references Administradora de riesgos profesionales Briefly mentioned on the Spanish Wikipedia under Sistema General de Riesgos Laborales (Colombia) Scouting Jorge Cock Quevedo Briefly mentioned in Scouting and Guiding in Colombia – no article exists for him on the Spanish Wikipedia People (Medium priority) Guillermo Pallomari - Eudoro Galarza Ossa - Jaime Michelsen Uribe - Álvaro García Romero - William Montes - Fredy Valencia Media (Medium Priority) Aló (magazine) Credencial (magazine) Diners (magazine) Government and political affairs (High priority) Ralito Accord - Chambacú Affair - Demobilization process - Caja Agraria - Instituto de Crédito Territorial - 1939 Gachetá massacre - Kidnapping of Íngrid Betancourt - Extradition Treaty Colombia portal Geography Latin America Caribbean Venezuela Associated Wikimedia