Officially known as the Republic of Colombia, this country is in northwestern South America, bordered on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, on the south by Peru and Ecuador and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. About three times the size of Montana, Colombia is the only South American country with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The climate is tropical along the coast and eastern plains, cooler in the highlands. Its terrain is of flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, Andes Mountains and eastern lowland plains. Natural resources include petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds and hydropower.

State enterprises control the coal and oil industries and play a major role in the electricity and communication sectors but most of the economy is dominated by private business. Colombia is a moderate oil producer. One-third of the nation’s exports come from coffee. Other exports are coal, cut flowers, seafood and other non-traditional exports that have been growing.

Colombia has around 8,768,100 Telephone lines and 2,732,200 Internet users

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