Area 1,138,914 sq km (439,735 sq mi)
Poplation 41,662,000
Capital city Bogota (7,362,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Mestizo 58%, White 20%, Mulatto 14%, Black 4%
Language Spanish (official)
Religions Roman Catholic 90%
Currency Colombian peso= 100 centavos

The Republic of Colombia, in north-eastern South America, is the only country in the continent tohave coastlinrs on both the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

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