Colombia is located in northwestern South America. Spanish is the dominant language spoken in Colombia, though some indigenous languages like Chibcha and Araucano are still spoken. The capital and largest city of Colombia is Bogotá, with a population of over 6.5 million people. Famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 for works such as One Hundred Years of Solitude and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Popular Colombian performer Shakira was born in Barranquilla and began her music career after moving to Bogotá at age 13. While most Colombians are Catholic, Protestant faiths make up around 13.5% of the population.

1. ¿CUÁNTO SABES DE…?
Colombia
MARIA HIMELDA
HURTADO SOGAMOSO

2. ¿DÓNDE ESTÁ COLOMBIA?

3. ¿DÓNDE ESTÁ COLOMBIA?

4. WHAT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN
IN COLOMBIA?
Spanish – ~93%
(I knew that!!)
Other languages:
Chibcha (Kuna) -- “Dot
nuet!”
 Araucano – “Chaltu!”

5. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY?
Bogotá (population 6.5 million)
The complete name is “Santa Fé de Bogotá”

6. Who is Gabriel García
Márquez?

7. GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
Author
 “One Hundred Years of
Winner of the Nobel
Prize for Literature,
1982
Solitude”
 “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”

8. Name one famous performer
from Colombia.

9. SHAKIRA
Full name: Shakira Isabel
Mebarak Ripoll
born in Barranquilla.
When Shakira was 13, she
headed to Bogotá to
become a model. Instead of
a modeling contract,
Shakira ended up with a
recording contract for Sony
Music Columbia.

10. RELIGION IN
COLOMBIA
Catholics: 82%
Protestant/Evangelical: 13.5%
Variety of other belief systems
“An estimated 60 percent of
respondents to the El Tiempo poll
reported that they do not practice
their faith actively” (U.S. Dept. of
State, ¶5).
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24484.htm