•The current flag of Colombia was officially adopted
on December 17th,1819.
•The flag features three horizontal bands of yellow,
blue, and red.
•As a very popular Colombian kids song says....
YELLOW is our gold BLUE is our vast seas (oceans)
and RED is the blood that gave us our freedom... (from
Spain)
The Ethnic Groups of Colombia are:
•Mestizo 58%
•Mulatto 14 %
• White 20%
•Black 4%
•Mixed black- Amerindian 3%
•Amerindian 1%
The main Religion of
Colombia is Roman
Catholic
Colombia was one of the three
countries that emerged from the
collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830
and the others being Ecuador and
Venezuela.
A 40 year insurgent campaign to
overthrow the Colombian
Government escalated during the
1990's undergirded in part by funds
from the drug trade.
•Although the violence is deadly
and large swaths of the countryside
are under guerrilla influence
•The movement lacks the military
strength or popular support
necessary to overthrown the
government.
The Climate of Colombia is:
tropical along coast
and eastern plains;
cooler in highlands
More Information
While Bogota continues to try to
negotiate a settlement, neighboring
countries worry about the violence
spilling over their borders
Type of Government
Republic
executive branch
dominates
government
structure
The Area of Colombia
The area or Colombia is slightly less
then three times the size of Montana
And Colombia has flat coastal
lowlands, central highlands, high
Andes Mountains, eastern lowland
plains.
Natural Resources
The natural resources of Colombia
are petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron
ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds,
and hydropower
Natural hazards
Some natural hazards that have
happened in Colombia are highlands
subject to volcanic eruptions ,
occasional earthquakes and periodic
droughts.
Population and Age Structure
the population of Colombia is
40,349,388
The age structure of Colombia is 0-14 years: 31.88% (male
6,354,454 and female 6,354,454
15-64 years: 63.37% (male 12,452,182; female
13,117,707)
65 years and over: 4.75% (male 859,967; female
1,057,796)
Sources
I got my information at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Conclusion
In Conclusion I would like to say that
I hope you enjoyed my slide show
and learned some more things about
Colombia because I learned a lot of
things about it that I didn’t know.
Thank you