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COUNTRY: Colombia

Capital: Bogota

Location: South America; WesternHamisphere

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90% of the people belong to the Romancatholic church, protestant and other

Christian organization have small butgrowing membership

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In Colombia clothingis conservativeclean and wellkept. Men wearsuits, Whites shirtsand ties andwomen often wearcomfortabledresses and youngpeople dress

casually.

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Men commonlyshake hands witheveryone whenentering a home,greeting a group or

leaving and thewomen kiss eachother on the cheek ifthey are acquaintedbut offer a verbalgreeting or

handshake otherwise.And in Colombia eyecontact andstanding close areimported to them

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For breakfast theyhave juice, coffee,hot chocolate,fruit ,eggs ,bread ,

or changuapotato and eggsoup) And lunchstart betweennoon and 2pmthey eat, soup,rice, meat andpotato and icecream is a Sundaytreat.

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Each family members share their goodfortunes with one another. Divorce is

relatively uncommon the father usuallyprovides for his family and the mother isresponsible for most domestic duties

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People below thepoverty line often liveon tugurious small lotssurrounded bycardboard wallsreinforced with metalshingles, low incomefamilies typically livein single or multistorybuildings and highincome familiesgenerally live inhousing complexes

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Dating begins around age 14 or 15 thepopular activities include, parties,

restaurants, movies and discos orshopping and at weeding the groommay hire a small band to serenade thebride

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Colombians enjoy 18 official nationalholidays 12 of with are Christian

celebrations cities across the nationcelebrate carnival held just before thebeginning of lent with colorful paradesand floats

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The democraticgovernment ofColombia is

similar to that ofthe United Statein that it has 3branches ofpower a

president, vicepresident andlegislation

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Colombia has maintained a fairlyhealthy economy on the strength of its

exports products produced in thecountry that are sold to other nations.People in Colombia make a living byfarming

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It is very religion focused, Spanish is thelanguage of education, children below

age 6 go to pre school and the literaryrate is around 92.50% where femaleshave a higher percentage over males.

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Varies from hotin low landplains to theeast steamy andtropical in rainforests in southand along coastcooler in themountains thedry season runsfrom Decemberto Februarywhile the rainyseason

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Coastal seashore, plains and highmountain

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The Colombia thrived producingsophisticated arts, stone and gold work

Simon Bolivar established the new grainColombia republic from which renezuelaand Ecuador withdrew in 1830

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2,363 Colombian pesos= 4.5 $1 workersare paid in pesos Colombia currency

one hundred centavos equal one peso