Profile Republic of Colombia

 First, the nature of the Republic of Colombia is located in northwestern South America profile. Northeastern Pro Venezuela, Brazil, adjacent to the southeast, south with Peru, Ecuador border, northwest of Panama connected; western Pacific Ocean, north of the Caribbean, the east Atlantic Ocean, is the only South American The two foreign countries. Colombia is both North and South America between the portal can also be connected by sea at the same time Europe and the Pacific Rim countries, the strategic location is very important. <> <> Brother land area of 114 square kilometers, in Latin America region after Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. population of 4,200 million, is the second in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico, the third most populous country. Among them, 71% of urban population, rural population and 29%; mestizo 57 %, 20% white, black and white, 14% mixed race, and the remaining .90% for black and Indian nationals at the age of 50 years of age. <> <> Gexi the Department of the coastal plain, the middle is composition of the Andes plateau, in the Colombian Andes into the territory of the western, central, east three parallel north-south mountain range, mountains, large mountains between the valley; the eastern part of the Amazon and Orinoco River tributaries to form the alluvial plain. tropical coastal areas, hot weather, high altitude and temperate climate. whole sub-rainy season (April to November) and dry season (December to next March.) is the world's most abundant natural species, climate, one of the most diverse country . <> <> Brother rich in natural resources, emerald reserves and output ranked first, second in the world exports of flowers, coffee, banana exports rank third in the world; proven coal reserves of about 24 billion tons of total coal reserves in Latin America accounted for about 40%, ranking first in Latin America, the annual output of 3300 tons; nickel production in Latin American countries ranked second, uranium, manganese, bauxite, gold, silver and other mineral-rich. II political and social basic conditions <> <> Head of State: President is both head of state, but also the heads of Government and Commander in Chief. term of 4 years with no re-election. current President Andres Pastrana * Arango, became president in 1998. <> <> The Chief: A total of 16 Department of the Cabinet, namely, Ministry of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Mines and Energy, Health Department, Ministry of Telecommunications, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Economic Development, Department of Labor, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture. <> <> Legislation: Let the Senate and House of Representatives. <> < ;> Justice: Let the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and other institutions. <> <> Capital: Bogota, population 6.4 million, 2,645 meters above sea level. <> <> Official language: Spanish. < > <> National Day (also known as \Administrative divisions: 32 provinces nationwide, and a capital district. Third, the economic situation <> <> Colombia is a middle level economy in Latin America, is known to increase stability. the Second World War, especially since the sixties, Columbia economy significantly speed development; seventies average economic growth rate of 5%; in the 80's the general economic downturn in Latin America, the Colombian economy is still showing a good momentum of development, economic growth rate of nearly 4%, by the World Bank as \plans to abandon neo-liberal economy, the strengthening of national macro-control, to the pursuit of economic growth with social equity and synchronization of the development strategy; initiative by the government, entrepreneurs and workers in the tripartite talks, on productivity, prices and wages reach a \;; development of \GDP decreased current account deficit soared, inflation rate, unemployment increased sharply. Since 1996, Columbia economy began to decline, GDP growth is lower than the regional average. <> <\Pastrana became president of the Conservatives, with its economic development and the implementation of internal peace top priority year 1999, due to the deteriorating external economic environment, cyclical downturn in the domestic economy, natural disasters and international market prices of primary products such as factors, the Colombian economy into its worst recession in 60 years, the economy fell 4.5%, in addition to the main sectors outside agriculture are negative growth, soaring deficits, the financial situation is grim, shrinking domestic demand, sluggish exports, continued depreciation of the currency, unemployment rate hit high. Colombian government to tighten fiscal, expand the tax, loose monetary policy, improve the investment environment, actively promoting privatization, efforts to expand exports, fight for foreign aid and a series of measures to stimulate the economy.