Colombia

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uh; Spanish kaw-lawm-byah ]

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noun

a republic in northwestern South America. 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). : ��ǲ��ǳ�á.

Colombia

/ ��əˈ��ɒ��ɪə /

noun

a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: ��ǲ��ǳ�á. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)

Colombia

Republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Panama to the northwest, Venezuela to the northeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south, and Brazil to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is ��ǲ��ǳ�á .

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Trafficking of marijuana and cocaine remains a problem in Colombia. With support from the United States, the Colombian government has attacked drug traffickers, but the country continues to be torn by civil war between left-wing and right-wing factions.

Its major legal crop is coffee.

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Brazil is the world's biggest producer of coffee, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia and Colombia.

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Trujillo, who is originally from Cali, Colombia, was undocumented for several years in Toronto before moving to New York to pursue a career in musical theater choreography.

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Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures.

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The Emberá Dobida, a nomadic indigenous group from Colombia, have migrated to ��ǲ��ǳ�á to escape paramilitary violence but face discrimination in the capital.

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Citizens from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia would all have their claims fast-tracked within three months on the assumption that they were likely to fail.

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Colombes Colombian

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