Colombia
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ColombiaBy Brian and Guillermo
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Capital: Bogotá● Highest record
temperature: 77● One of the coldest
regions in Colombia● Plateau in the Andes● Subtropical climate
average temperature 56 degrees
● Dry from December to August and rainy other wise
● Temperature can very over 30 degrees in the course of the day
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Bogotá City Life● North especially North-
east richer residents● Crime filled city, last
year 1,401 murders, 70% of residents say were victims of violent crime
● Colombia Supreme court located there
● Democratic● One of largest
commercial cities in Latin America
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Tourism of Bogotá● Bogotá originally had a
very bad reputation(for crime) but over lat veinte years the city has come far for example:
● Monserrate Sanctuary, a famous landmark
● Atlantis Plaza Mall● Casa de la Moneda
(Colombian Mint)● La Candelaria (The
Historical District● Colon Theater
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Monserrate
● Monserrate is a tourist attraction in Bogotá
● You can go there at any time but the best time to go there would be at night
● Monserrate is also a church
● The sight is beautiful and you can almost see the whole city
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Mapa
● Colombia tiene 32 departamentos
● Some of the departamentos are: Valle del Cauca, Quindio, Antioquia, and Cundinamarca
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Colombian Currency
● 1,000 Colombian pesos is the same as 57 US cents
● The exciting bills are $1K, $2K, $5K, $10K, $20K, and $50K, and for coins, $50, $100, $200, $500 and $1000
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Popular Foods● Three very popular
foods of Colombia are Bandeja paisa, buñelos, and pan de bono
● Bandeja paisa- red beans cooked with pork, white rice, ground meat, pork rind, fried eggs, plantain, sausage with lemon flavoring, arepa(cooked flour), hogao sauce(tomato and onion sauce), black pudding, and avocado
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Buñelos y Pan de Bono
● Buñelos-queso fresco,cornstarch, light brown sugar, salt, egg, vegetable oil(frying)
● Pan de bono- starch flour, precooked cornmeal,Colombian queso, feta cheese, egg
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Popular Phrases
● Parva- types of bread
Examples are arepas, pan de bono, or buñuelos
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Population● Fourth largest
Latin American country
● 46,294,841 people● About 7,000,000 in
Bogota● second largest
population among Spanish speaking countries○ behind Mexico
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Shakira● Has sold close to sixty
million albums● From Colombia● Only artist from Colombia
ever to hold America's number one song
● Highlight singer of Obama's 2009 inauguration
● Shakira was a large participant in he;lping spread education through out the third world
● Started getting shoes for third world, Barefoot Foundation
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Sofia Vergara● Colombian actress,
television hostess, comedian, and model○ stars in modern family
● married to Jose Gonzalez had one child
● relatively impoverished background
● recovered from thyroid cancer
● In 1998 older brother murdered on the streets of Bogota
● That same year younger brother sent back to Colombia for drugs
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The Colombian Flag Yellow: represents all the gold found in the Colombian land. Blue: represents the seas on Colombia's shores. Red: represents the blood spilled on the battlegrounds by the heroes who gained Colombia's freedom
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Colombian Independence● Were under the
rule of Spain ● Independence day
is July 20, 1810● Although still
technically under Spanish rule the kingdom was ruled by Napoleon's french brother when the people revolted
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Colombian Music and Dance
● Colombian people listen to many types of music
● Some types are salsa, merengue, cumbia, and vallenato