•The current flag of Colombia was officially adopted on December 17th,1819.

•The flag features three horizontal bands of yellow, blue, and red.

•As a very popular Colombian kids song says.... YELLOW is our gold BLUE is our vast seas (oceans) and RED is the blood that gave us our freedom... (from

Spain)

The Ethnic Groups of Colombia are:

•Mestizo 58%•Mulatto 14 %• White 20%•Black 4%

•Mixed black- Amerindian 3%•Amerindian 1%

The main Religion of Colombia is Roman

Catholic

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the

collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 and the others being Ecuador and

Venezuela.

A 40 year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian

Government escalated during the 1990's undergirded in part by funds

from the drug trade.

•Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside

are under guerrilla influence

•The movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrown the government.

The Climate of Colombia is:

tropical along coast

and eastern plains;

cooler in highlands

More Information

While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence

spilling over their borders

Republic

executive branch dominates government structure

Type of Government

The Area of Colombia

The area or Colombia is slightly less then three times the size of Montana

And Colombia has flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high

Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains.

Natural Resources

The natural resources of Colombia are petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds,

and hydropower

Natural hazards

Some natural hazards that have happened in Colombia are highlands

subject to volcanic eruptions , occasional earthquakes and periodic

droughts.

Population and Age Structure

the population of Colombia is 40,349,388

The age structure of Colombia is 0-14 years: 31.88% (male 6,354,454 and female 6,354,454

15-64 years: 63.37% (male 12,452,182; female 13,117,707)

65 years and over: 4.75% (male 859,967; female 1,057,796)

Sources

I got my information at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Conclusion

In Conclusion I would like to say that I hope you enjoyed my slide show

and learned some more things about Colombia because I learned a lot of things about it that I didn’t know.

Thank you