south america • COL
Colombia
Location marker · geographic overview
4° N / 72° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Population
- 52,886,363 2024
- Area
- 1,141,748 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Spanish
- Currency
- Colombian peso (COP)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Colombia
Colombia occupies the northwest corner of South America. It has an area twice that of France, with long coasts on the Caribbean and the Pacific Oceans, mountainous regions, and Amazon jungle areas inland. The ethnic groups and cultures are diverse.
Food & everyday culture
Pre-Columbian civilizations cultivated about 200 varieties of potatoes, and they remain popular today. Try the local preparations like papas saladas (salted potatoes) or papas chorriadas (stewed potatoes). Most meals feature some kind of meat with rice, potatoes, and avocados. In the coastal areas, the rice is usually flavored with coconut.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-06. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South America
- Calling code
- +57
- Internet domain
- .co
- Land border codes
- BRA, ECU, PAN, PER, VEN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .co. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.