Colombia

Colombia

Colombia ranks 48th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, and Belarus. Memorable people born in present day Colombia include Pablo Escobar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Fernando Botero. Memorable people who died in Colombia include Pablo Escobar, Simón Bolívar, and Carlos Gardel. Colombia has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and soccer players.

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean. It comprises 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. Urban centres are concentrated in the Andean highlands and the Caribbean coast. Read more on Wikipedia