Contents Where Is Colombia The Land The Choco Wildlife The People Daily Life Going to School Working Playing Food Holidays The Coffee Triangle Fast Facts Glossary To Learn More Index 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
Where Is Colombia Caribbean Sea Panama Venezuela Pacific Ocean Colombia Bogotá Did you know Colombia was named after explorer Christopher Columbus During his travels he visited the northern coasts of South America Ecuador Peru
Colombia is a country in the northwestern corner of South America It covers 439 736 square miles 1 138 910 square kilometers Bogotá is its capital and largest city with more than 8 million people Colombia borders Venezuela to the east and Brazil to the southeast Peru lies to the south and Ecuador to the southwest Colombia's western seacoast meets the Pacific Ocean The Caribbean Sea touches Colombia in the north where Colombia also shares a short border with Panama fun fact Bogotá is one of the highest capital cities in the world It sits at 8 660 feet 2 640 meters above sea level Only the capitals of Bolivia and Ecuador are higher Brazil
