Colombia+by+Claire


=  = = Maize and corn - __It's the same crop!__ = ====Two of the staple foods in Colombia are corn (or maize) and bananas . Bananas like warm climates and since Colombia is a tropical country it works out perfectly. Bananas can be used in all sorts of things such as: banana bread, fruit salad, as well as just eaten alone. Corn (maize) can be grown in a lot of places and Colombia is one of them. Maize can be made into a tortilla wrap that Colombians eat. Colombia has quite a few other staple foods but these are quite popular.====

===**[|Link to Colombian Cocoa Cakes recipe]** ===

 Facts about Colombia:
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 175, 69);"> Relative location of Colombia: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(212, 17, 103);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">It's in South America, it borders Venezuela on the right and Peru and Ecuador on the left. It touches the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 66, 173);">Population: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(212, 17, 103);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">44,380,000. That's two times bigger than the population of Texas. ==== ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 160, 36);">Land area: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> 439,736 square miles. That's almost three times bigger than California! ==== ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(234, 46, 46);">Major ethnic groups: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(212, 17, 103);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Mestizo-58%, White-20%, and Mulatto-14% ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">The main language of Colombia is Spanish.
=//<span style="color: rgb(14, 160, 36); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; display: block;">Colombia's Government //= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> The type of government in Colombia is a republic. That means that in Colombia there is a president that is elected by the people in Colombia. Everyone has the right ot vote is Colombia. When you are president of Colombia you are elected for four years and you can't be re-elected. The two political parties in Colombia are the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.

<span style="display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"> [[image:Colombian_flag.png width="560" height="372" caption="Colombia's Flag"]]
<span style="color: rgb(136, 21, 229); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgb(101, 241, 101);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(117, 36, 183); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(107, 27, 172);"> FUN FACTS ABOUT COLOMBIA: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left; display: block;">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Maria Isabel Urrutia is the only South American to win an Olympic gold medal in weightlifting.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Colombia has been to the World Cup four times.

<span style="color: rgb(25, 120, 163); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"> INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT COLOMBIA: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left; display: block;">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Colombia has the biggest diversity of bird species. There are 1,754 different species.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In the Amazon jungle is where the little tiny Golden Arrow lives. It is very poisonous and one frog's poison could kill 1,500 people!
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In the region of Choco it rains about 10.000 millimeters per year!