Full country name: Republic of Colombia
Area: 1.14 million sq km
Population: 45 million
Capital City: Bogotá (pop: 5 million)
People: 58% mestizo (of European-Indian descent), 20% European descent, 14% mulatto (African-European descent), 4% African descent, 3% African-Indian descent, 1% indigenous
Language: Spanish; Castilian
Religion: Catholic 95%, with the remainder a mixture of traditional, Episcopal & Jewish faiths
Government: republic
Head of State: President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
GDP: US$254 billion
GDP per capita: US$6,200
Inflation: 16.7%
Major Industries: Textiles, coffee, oil, narcotics, sugar cane, food processing.
Major Trading Partners: US,EU

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