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Colombia is a beautiful country with the rural areas offering some spectacular views, from misty snow-capped mountains to wild areas of jungle. However it can sometimes be dangerous due to possible violence related to drugs barons and guerrilla militias in some areas. The country does however remain a reasonably popular destination for the experienced and adventurous traveller. We recommend this country to the experienced backpacker and advise against travelling alone and that the appropriate measures to protect personal security are taken

Colombia is such a beautiful country, their people are always happy despite the hardship they've been through, go to Colombia with an open mind and heart andyou'll beguaranteedto come back full of great memories.

HISTORY:

During the pre-Colombian period the area now known as Colombia was inhabited by indigenous people who were primitive hunters or nomadic farmers. The Chibchas who lived in the Bogota region dominated the various Indian groups.
Spaniards first sailed along the north coast of Colombia as early as 1500 but their first permanent settlement at Santa Marta was not established until 1525. In 1549 the area was established as a Spanish colony with the capital at Santa fe de Bogota. In 1717 Bogota became the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada which included what is now Venezuela Ecuador and Panama. The city became one of the principal administrative centers of the Spanish possessions in the New World along with Lima and Mexico City.
On July 20 1810 the citizens of Bogota created the first representative council to defy Spanish authority. Total independence was proclaimed in 1813 and in 1819 the Republic of Greater Colombia was formed.

THE REPUBLIC:

After the defeat of the Spanish army the republic included all the territory of the former viceroyalty. Simon Bolivar was elected its first President and Francisco de Paula Santander Vice President. Two political parties that grew out of conflicts between the followers of Bolivar and Santander--the Conservatives and the Liberals--have dominated Colombian politics. Bolivar's supporters who later formed the nucleus of the Conservative Party advocated a strong centralized government alliance with the Roman Catholic Church and a limited franchise. Santander's followers forerunners of the Liberals wanted a decentralized government state rather than church control over education and other civil matters and a broadened suffrage.

ECONOMIC:

Columbia is recovering from a short recession that began in late 1996 - resulting from tight monetary policy to drive down inflation declining business confidence related to President SAMPER's political difficulties and a slowdown in exports stemming from an appreciation of the peso and a recession in neighboring Venezuela. Although 1997's 3.1% GDP growth rate represented an improvement over 1996 it ranked among the lowest in Latin America and was substantially lower than the average annual growth rate exceeding 4% that Colombia posted for several decades prior to SAMPER's election. Colombia's next president will inherit a variety of economic problems. Most notably the unemployment rate is at its highest level this decade risks for the export sector and foreign investors are rising as a result of increasing guerrilla violence and a volatile exchange rate and the fiscal deficit has more than tripled since 1994.
GDP: purchasing power parity—$231.1 billion (1997 est.) GDP—real growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.) GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$6 200 (1997 est.) GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 19% industry: 26% services: 55% (1996) Inflation rate—consumer price index: 17.7% (1997 est.) Labor force: total: 16.8 million (1997 est.) by occupation: services 46% agriculture 30% industry 24% (1990) Unemployment rate: 12.2% (1997 est.) Budget: revenues: $26 billion (1996 est.) expenditures: $30 billion including capital expenditures of $NA (1996 est.) Industries: textiles food processing oil clothing and footwear beverages chemicals cement; gold coal emeralds Industrial production growth rate: -1.2% (1996) Electricity—capacity: 10.781 million kW (1995) Electricity—production: 47 billion kWh (1995) Electricity—consumption per capita: 1 307 kWh (1995) Agriculture—products: coffee cut flowers bananas rice tobacco corn sugarcane cocoa beans oilseed vegetables; forest products; shrimp farming Exports: total value: $11.4 billion (f.o.b. 1997 est.) commodities: petroleum coffee coal bananas fresh cut flowers partners: US 39% EC 25.7% Japan 2.9% Venezuela 8.5% (1992) Imports: total value: $13.5 billion (c.i.f. 1997 est.) commodities: industrial equipment transportation equipment consumer goods chemicals paper products partners: US 36% EC 18% Brazil 4% Venezuela 6.5% Japan 8.7% (1992) Debt—external: $17.1 billion (1997 est.) Economic aid: recipient: ODA $30 million (1993) Currency: 1 Colombian peso (Col$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (Col$) per US$1—1345.0 (February 1998) 1 140.96 (1997) 1 036.69 (1996) 912.83 (1995) 844.84 (1994) 863.06 (1993) Fiscal year: calendar year

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