Colombia As I promised, I´m going to talk you about my country so you can know more of this beautiful place :). Colombia Colombia is a country placed in the north-western part of South America. It is bordered by Ecuador and Perú to the south, Brasil and Venezuela to the east and Panamá to the north-east. The other part of the territory is bounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribean Sea (Yes, we have coasts two coasts). The area of the country is 1 141 748 km² , which places it as the 26º largest country in the world. In spite of the territory´s size, the population is no longer than 49 million people. Colombia is a Republic divided in 32 departments. The capital city is Bogotá, and is placed in the department of Cundinamarca. The official language is Spanish, a language was brought by the Spaniards during the conquest period. Besides Spanish, there are a lot of native languages (60 aprox.) speaked by indigenous communities. Well, those are general facts that you should know :). But I want to talk about other things that I find more interesting. If you hear people saying that Colombia is a multi-something country, please, believe them. Colombia has a very vast and diverse territory, in all the possible ways, the are a lot of differences here that don´t allow us to have a single identity a Nation. Let me explain you this affirmation with some points: 1. There are six natural regions in Colombia (Andean, Caribean, Pacific, Insular, Amazon and Orinoco). Natural regions are defined using criteria like the climate, the reliefe of the zone, the vegetation and the type of soil. 2. Colombian ethnic diversity is the result of a mixture of amerinidian people, africans brought as slaves in the past and Spainiards. As a minority, we also have the presence of migrants from Europe and Asia. Due to the important differences in the landscape characteristics between the regions and the historical development of each one, there are big cultural contrasts here! So much so, that there are LOTS of accents, and they are very, very distinctive to the zone :). 3. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the whole world! So far, there are 54871 discovered and discribed species of plants and animals. Once, a teacher told me that only in his bedroom in the Amazon, there were more kinds of bugs that in the whole UK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Nz7n0_zI4 That´s all for now! :) I hope you enjoyed it a little bit :). Thanks for your help.