COLOMBIA

BOGOTÁ

CLIMATE

• The average temperature is fairly moderate
• Temperature only changes with the changes of altitude
• Tropical on the coasts and eastern plains
• Cooler near the highlands

POPULATION

CURRENCY

THE COLOMBIAN FLAG

• The colors are amarillo, azul, y rojo
• The yellow represents Colombia's gold and riches
• The blue represents the Pacific Ocean, Carribean sea, and the many rivers that wind through Colombia
• The red stands for the blood lost in the fight for independence from Spain

CULTURE

• Cumbia is a unique style of music in Colombia
• The members of a Cumbia band play drums and gaitas (flutes)
• It came from the first African slaves to arrive in Colombia
• Cumbia has is also popular in other South American countries.

MORE CULTURE!

• Colombians are big on coffee.
• Coffee is served with every meal in Colombia.
• There are 4 types of Colombian coffee:
• Caturra, maragojipe, pajarito, and borbón
• A Colombian drinks an average of 20 cups per day

COOL!

• The mythical city,El Dorado, is said to be at Lake Guatavita near the capital, Bogotá.
• El Dorado is known as "the lost city if gold"
• It is said to have gold-paved streets, golden temples and rich mines of gold and silver.
• Many quests throughout history have been made to find this lost city. All have failed.
• It has never been found.

STRANGE!

LOCATION

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll,aka, Shakira, popular Latin pop-artist was born in Colombia.
• She is the highest selling Colombian artist of all time,she sold a total of 125 million records worldwide.

CITED SOURCES

• 0-online.culturegrams.com.elibrary.mel.org
• latinamericanhistory.about.com
• Dubois, Jill. Cultures of the World: Colombia. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicat
• cont. ion Data. 1994. Print.