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=__ MY COUNTRY FACTS. INVESTIGATION __=


 * __ COLOMBIA __**

It's official name is Republic of Colombia but it is commonly known as Colombia. It is located in the northwest of South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela and to the south by Ecuador and Peru.


 * __ COLOMBIA IN THE UN __**

Colombia entered the UN in 1945, the 5th of November.


 * __ PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA __**

They are called colombians. Colombia's official language is spanish but there are 68 ethnic languages and dialects A 71% of the population consider themselves catholic. Protestantism is followed by the 18% of the population. A 6% of the population is formed by the people who don't follow any religion and the other 5% is represented by the people who believe in God but not in religion.
 * What are the people of the country called?
 * What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?
 * What is the most-practiced religion?




 * __ FLAG __**

Colombia's flag is a yellow, blue and red horizontal tricolour. The yellow stripe takes up the top half of the flag and the blue and red ones take up a quarter of the whole space each.




 * The yellow color represents all the gold found in Colombian territories.
 * The blue color represents the seas on Colombia's shores, the rivers that run through and the sky.
 * The red color represents the blood spilled for Colombia's independence.


 * __ PREZI ABOUT GOVERNMENT __**

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 * __ POPULATION __**

Colombia has around 47,662,000 inhabitants. The population density is about 42 inhabitants/square kilometres. In 2013 natality rate in Colombia was about 19 children borned out of 1000 inhabitants and women gave birth to an average of 2 or 3 children each. Causes: if it is easier to find a job young people marry earlier and have more children, but if it is difficult to find a job they try to maintain their living standard. Women wait to have children, when they find a stable job and have enough money to maintain the family, they decide to have children, they also wait to have money because they want to give their children a very good education. Advances in medicine are a great factor in birth rate, contraceptives are reliable so people can plan their future family and also abortion is available for them. In 2013 mortality rate in Colombia was about 15 people dead out of 1000 inhabitants. Causes: the majority part of the population dies from diseases. In Colombia there is a positive natural growth because there are more children borned than people dead out of 1000 inhabitants.
 * How many inhabitants does the country have?
 * Population density.
 * Birth rate. Reasons.
 * Death rate. Reasons.
 * Natural growth. Reasons


 * __ MIGRATIONS __**

Colombia hasn't got a lot of inmigrants but the ones that go there come from Japan and other countries of South America. More or less there are 2,122,100 people going away from Colombia their destinies usually are Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador and Canada.
 * Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?
 * Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why?
 * Legislation of the country connected to migrations.
 * Institutions in charge of migrants.
 * Problems connected to migrations.


 * __Geography:__ **

Colombia is located in the northwest of South America.
 * Where is the country?

It is bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela and to the south by Ecuador and Peru.
 * What other nations border the country?
 * What kind of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.
 * What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.

__**Economy**__ __**:**__


 * What is the most common sector of employment in the country?
 * What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)?
 * What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors?
 * Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports
 * What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors?
 * Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports
 * Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports


 * __Domestic Policy:__ **


 * Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy?
 * Which are the main policies about healthcare?
 * Which are the main policies about education?
 * Taxes and other revenues:
 * Debt:
 * Taxes and other revenues:
 * Debt:
 * Debt:


 * __Foreign Policy:__ **


 * Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy?
 * Which are the main conflicts that have affected your country?
 * Which are the main conflicts that affect your country?
 * Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:
 * Which are the main conflicts that affect your country?
 * Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:
 * Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs: