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Colombia!
By: Hannah Staska and Amanda Vasek
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Colombian Animals
• Colombian Weasel- an endangered species. Weighs approximately 138 g. They live close to water
• Cotton Top Tamarin- Weighs about 1 pound. Found near water.
• Colombian Squirrel Monkey- Exhibits grayish- brown coloration with a very pale orange tinge.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez~ He wrote the novel, “One Hundred Years of
Solitude”, in 1967.
Santiago Gamboa~ Author of the travel book Octubre en
Pekin(October in Pekin)
Hèctor Abad Faciolince~ Abad is best known for his novel, Angosta.
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1. Bogotà Pop: 7,102,602
2. Cali Pop: 2,392,877
3. Medellín Pop: 1,999,979
Bogotà Cali Medellín
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Sports
1. Soccer is the most popular sport by far
There are many other sports played. There is not a specific one for 2 & 3. Two other sports are cycling and basketball.
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Geography/Topography
• Andes Mountain Range- worlds longest continental mountain range. Continental range of highlands along the West Coast of South America. 7,000 km long (4,300 mi.)
• Amazon Rainforest- only a little part of the rainforest is found in Colombia. It is believed to have formed in the Eocene Era.
• Llanos- A vast tropical grassland plain. It is east of the Andes Mountains. In northwest South America, especially Colombia and Venezuela.
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Tourist Attractions
Colombian National Coffee Park
Gold Museum in Bogotà
Bogotà Botanical Gardens
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Pictures!!
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Government of Colombia
• Is a liberal democracy with separation of powers into executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
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Colombia Culture
• Spanish came in the 16th century to Colombia
• They brought Catholicism and African slaves.
• Africans and indigenous people of Colombia mixed to form to form zambos creating a new ethno- racial group in society.
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Bibliography• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_Faciolince • http://daytranslations.com/famous_colombians.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest • http://wikitravel.org/en/El_Parque_Tayrona • Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M
%C3%A1rquez• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Gamboa• http://population.mongabay.com/population/colombia• http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/
Columbians.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Colombia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Colombia