COLOMBIA
Dr. Johana Lopez
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"Colombia, the
only risk is
wanting to stay"
Country’s Geography &
Demographics
Location: Northern South America,
bordering the Caribbean Sea, between
Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the
North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and
Panama
Capital: Bogota
Population: 50,355,650 (July 2021 est.)
Spanish (official) + native languages
Christian 92.3% (predominantly Roman
Catholic), other 1%, unspecified 6.7% (2020
est.)
The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency- CIA (2020)
Country’s
Government &
Economy
Etymology: the country is named after
explorer Christopher COLUMBUS
Government type: presidential republic
Labor force
• 19.309 million (2020 est.)
Labor force - by occupation
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
• 3.5% (2019 est.)
• Agriculture: 17%
GDP (official exchange rate)
• $323.255 billion (2019 est.)
• services: 62% (2011 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
• Agriculture: 7.2% (2017 est.)
• Industry: 30.8% (2017 est.)
• Services: 62.1% (2017 est.)
• Industry: 21%
Unemployment rate
• 10.5% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line
• 35.7% (2019 est.)
The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency- CIA (2020)
Country’s Housing
System
• Strata system (1-6)
• The currency in the Colombia is the
Colombian peso. The conversion rate to
the COP is 1 dollar to 3,956.72 COP as of
January 13, 2022.
• Apartments in Bogotá have an extensive
range of prices with the least expensive
options resting at about $150,000 USD.
Luxury apartment, you could spend up
to $526,000 USD.
• Unique difference from United States
housing
• No brokers/no real state
• Negotiation
• No space
https://checkinprice.com/cost-of-living-in-bogota-colombia/
Country’s
Education
System
Movie about
Colombia:
Encanto
• Family/matriarchy
• Race
• Magical Realism (Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
• Music/colors/food/flowers/ani
mals
References
• South America: Colombia.The World Factbook, Central Intelligence
Agency- CIA (2020) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworld-factbook/geos/kz.html.
• Ahmed, S. (2012). On being included: Racism and diversity in
institutional life. Duke University Press.
• Bureau of International Organization Affairs. (2018). U.S. contributions
to international organizations, 2017 [Annual report]. U.S. Department
of State. https://www.state.gov/u-s-contributions-to-internationalorganizations/