about our country

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary republic of America located in the northwestern region of South America. Is incorporated in a social and democratic state of law whose form of government is presidential . It is organized politically into 32 decentralized departments . The national capital is Bogota .
The area of ​​Colombia is 2,129,748 km ² , of which 1,141,748 km ² correspond to the mainland and the remaining 988,000 km ² to its maritime extension , 9 which maintains a border dispute with Venezuela and Nicaragua . Bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil , south to Peru and Ecuador and to the northwest by Panama ; regarding maritime boundaries , borders Panama , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Honduras , Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic and Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea , and Panama , Costa Rica and Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean .
Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea , which has several islands and the archipelago of San Andres and Providencia . Colombia has the largest number of species per unit area in the world , in total is the second most mega diverse country in the world after Brazil , which is larger than Colombia .
The country is the fourth largest in land area of South America , with around 47 million inhabitants, the third largest population in South America. It is the third nation in the world with the largest number of Spanish speakers . Colombia has a multicultural population in regions and races. Its population is mostly the result of miscegenation between Europeans , Indians and Africans , with minorities of indigenous and African descent. In the Colombian Caribbean there are a significant number of Middle Eastern descent . The gross domestic product purchasing power parity Colombia ranked fourth in Latin America and number 28 worldwide. Colombian Nominal GDP is the fourth largest in Latin America and is ranked 30 worldwide.