Colombia's capital and largest city is Bogotá. It has a population of over 7 million people and is located in the Andes Mountains, giving it varying subtropical weather. Bogotá has issues with crime but tourism has increased in recent decades, with popular attractions including Monserrate Sanctuary, Atlantis Plaza Mall, and La Candelaria historic district. The Colombian flag represents the gold in the land, seas on its shores, and blood spilled in the independence movement from Spanish rule.

1. Colombia
By Brian and Guillermo

2. Capital: Bogotá
● Highest record
temperature: 77
● One of the coldest
regions in Colombia
● Plateau in the Andes
● Subtropical climate
average temperature 56
degrees
● Dry from December to
August and rainy other
wise
● Temperature can very
over 30 degrees in the
course of the day

3. Bogotá City Life
● North especially North-
east richer residents
● Crime filled city, last
year 1,401 murders, 70%
of residents say were
victims of violent crime
● Colombia Supreme court
located there
● Democratic
● One of largest
commercial cities in
Latin America

4. Tourism of Bogotá
● Bogotá originally had a
very bad reputation(for
crime) but over lat
veinte years the city has
come far for example:
● Monserrate Sanctuary, a
famous landmark
● Atlantis Plaza Mall
● Casa de la Moneda
(Colombian Mint)
● La Candelaria (The
Historical District
● Colon Theater

5. Monserrate
● The sight is
● Monserrate is a
beautiful and you
tourist attraction
can almost see the
in Bogotá
whole city
● You can go there at
any time but the
best time to go
there would be at
night
● Monserrate is also
a church

6. Mapa
● Colombia tiene 32
departamentos
● Some of the
departamentos
are: Valle del
Cauca, Quindio,
Antioquia, and
Cundinamarca

7. Colombian Currency
● 1,000 Colombian
pesos is the same
as 57 US cents
● The exciting bills
are $1K, $2K,
$5K, $10K, $20K,
and $50K, and
for coins, $50,
$100, $200, $500
and $1000

8. Popular Foods
● Three very popular
foods of Colombia are
Bandeja paisa, buñelos,
and pan de bono
● Bandeja paisa- red
beans cooked with pork,
white rice, ground
meat, pork rind, fried
eggs, plantain, sausage
with lemon flavoring,
arepa(cooked flour),
hogao sauce(tomato and
onion sauce), black
pudding, and avocado

9. Buñelos y Pan de Bono
● Buñelos-queso
fresco,cornstarch,
light brown sugar,
salt, egg, vegetable
oil(frying)
● Pan de bono- starch
flour, precooked
cornmeal,Colombian
queso, feta cheese,
egg

10. Popular Phrases
● Parva- types of
bread
Examples are
arepas, pan de
bono, or buñuelos

11. Population
● Fourth largest
Latin American
country
● 46,294,841 people
● About 7,000,000 in
Bogota
● second largest
population among
Spanish speaking
countries
○ behind Mexico

12. Shakira
● Has sold close to sixty
million albums
● From Colombia
● Only artist from Colombia
ever to hold America's
number one song
● Highlight singer of
Obama's 2009 inauguration
● Shakira was a large
participant in he;lping
spread education through
out the third world
● Started getting shoes for
third world, Barefoot
Foundation

13.
● Colombian actress,
television hostess, Sofia Vergara
comedian, and model
○ stars in modern family
● married to Jose Gonzalez
had one child
● relatively impoverished
background
● recovered from thyroid
cancer
● In 1998 older brother
murdered on the streets
of Bogota
● That same year younger
brother sent back to
Colombia for drugs

14. TheYellow:
Colombian Flag
represents all the gold
found in the
Colombian land.
Blue: represents
the seas on Colombia's
shores.
Red: represents
the blood spilled on
the battlegrounds by
the heroes who gained
Colombia's freedom

15. Colombian Independence
● Were under the
rule of Spain
● Independence day
is July 20, 1810
● Although still
technically under
Spanish rule the
kingdom was ruled
by Napoleon's
french brother
when the people
revolted

16. Colombian Music and Dance
● Colombian people
listen to many
types of music
● Some types are
salsa, merengue,
cumbia, and
vallenato