Colombia

Colombia

Colombia ranks 48th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Estonia. 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 an insular region in North America. It is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and Panama to the northwest. Colombia comprises 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), with a population of 50 million. Colombia's cultural heritage reflects influences by various Amerindian civilizations, European settlement, enslaved Africans, as well as immigration from Europe and the Middle East. Spanish is the nation's official language, besides which over 70 languages are spoken. Read more on Wikipedia