Colombia
Panama's southern neighbor
Colombia is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador, with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Its capital is Bogotá.
Colombia is known for coffee production, biodiversity, and a complex modern history involving drug cartels and civil conflict.
Not to be confused with Columbia, the poetic name for America or the university.
Colombian folk dance genre
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- magical realismFiction blending miraculous and mundane
- telenovelaLatin serialized melodrama
- reggaetonLatin urban genre from Puerto Rico
South American western range
- cordilleraLinked mountain ranges
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- BogotáColombia's capital city
- MedellínColombian highland city
Cali · Cartagena · Caribbean · Pacific · Amazon · Orinoco · altitude · highlands
Latin American cornmeal flatbread
Colombian Marxist insurgency
- independenceFreedom from external control
- BolívarLatin American revolutionary surname
- Spanish conquestIberian imperial expansion westward
- peace accordTreaty ending a war
Pablo Escobar · paramilitaries · cartels · emeralds · El Dorado · demobilization · guerrilla · reintegration
Greek warrior women
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- endemicNative to one area
- jaguarsNew World big cats
- condorGiant New World vulture
orchids · hummingbirds · poison dart frogs · toucans · monkeys · tapir · national parks · bromeliads
Dominant coffee species
- beansEdible pod seeds
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- fincaSpanish rural property
mild · washed · export · shade-grown · pickers · supremo · federation · cultivation
cumbia
Colombian folk dance genre
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- magical realismFiction blending miraculous and mundane
- telenovelaLatin serialized melodrama
Andes
South American western range
- cordilleraLinked mountain ranges
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- BogotáColombia's capital city
Medellín · Cali · Cartagena · Caribbean · Pacific · Amazon · Orinoco · altitude · highlands · llanos
arepa
Latin American cornmeal flatbread
FARC
Colombian Marxist insurgency
- independenceFreedom from external control
- BolívarLatin American revolutionary surname
- Spanish conquestIberian imperial expansion westward
Pablo Escobar · peace accord · paramilitaries · cartels · emeralds · El Dorado · demobilization · guerrilla · reintegration · conflict
Amazon
Greek warrior women
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- endemicNative to one area
- jaguarsNew World big cats
condor · orchids · hummingbirds · poison dart frogs · toucans · monkeys · tapir · national parks · bromeliads · butterflies
arabica
Dominant coffee species
- beansEdible pod seeds
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
finca · mild · washed · export · shade-grown · pickers · supremo · federation · cultivation
- countriesChina, Brazil, France, Germany, India
- NationsChina, France, Japan, Germany, Mexico
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- South AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia
- Amazon JungleAmazon River, rainforest, jungle trek, canopy walk, piranha
ColombiaVenezuela
Northern South American republic
Cuba · Nicaragua · Bolivia · Ecuador · United States
ColombiaUnited States
North American federal republic
Western Europe · United Kingdom · Canada · Australia · Spain
- Colombian coffeeCaffeinated export from Medellín
- colombian cartel
- Colombian flagSouth American national banner
- Colombian emeraldsGreen gemstones from Bogotá region