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Basic info about the country of Colombia:
Name: Colombia
(long form) Republic of Colombia
Capital City: Bogota (7,412,117 pop.)
(9,600,000 metro)
Currency: Colombia Peso (COP)
One Thousand Colombian Pesos
Ethnicity: Mestizo 58%, White 20%, Mulatto 14%, Black 4%, Mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%
GDP total: $431.9 billion (2010)
GDP per capita: $9,800 (2010)
Language: Spanish (official)
Largest Cities: (by population) Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cucuta, Bucaramanga
Name: The name Colombia comes from Christopher Columbus' given name, (Cristobal Colon)
National Day: July 20
Religion: Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%
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