State

Colombia

country in South America

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1810–1945
Founded
1810
Capital
Bogotá
Government
republic
Languages
Spanish
Preceded by
United States of ColombiaMosquitia

Overview

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located in South America, with insular regions in North America. Colombia's mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is the country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Manizales. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by the African diaspora, as well as with those of Indigenous civilizations that predate colonization.

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All rulers (45)

  1. Camilo Torres Tenorio1812–1814
  2. Custodio García Rovira1814–1815
  3. José Miguel Pey de Andrade1815
  4. Simón Bolívar1819–1830
  5. Domingo Caycedo1830
  6. Domingo Caycedo1831
  7. Jerónimo de Mendoza Galavís1831
  8. Francisco de Paula Santander1832–1837
  9. Pedro Alcántara Herrán1841–1845
  10. José María Obando1853–1854
  11. José de Obaldía1854–1855
  12. José María Melo1854
  13. Mariano Ospina Rodríguez1858–1861
  14. Bartolomé Calvo1861
  15. Juan José Nieto Gil1861
  16. Leonardo Canal González1862
  17. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera1863–1864
  18. Froilán Largacha1863
  19. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera1866–1867
  20. José María Rojas Garrido1866
  21. Joaquín Riascos1867
  22. Santos Acosta1867–1868
  23. Santos Gutiérrez1868–1870
  24. Eustorgio Salgar1870–1872
  25. Manuel Murillo Toro1872–1874
  26. Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas1874–1876
  27. Manuel María Ramírez1877
  28. Julián Trujillo Largacha1878–1880
  29. Francisco Javier Zaldúa1882
  30. José Eusebio Otalora1882–1884
  31. Clímaco Calderón1882
  32. Ezequiel Hurtado1884
  33. Rafael Núñez1886–1894
  34. Eliseo Payán1887–1888
  35. Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar1892–1898
  36. Manuel Antonio Sanclemente1898–1900
  37. José Manuel Marroquín1900–1904
  38. Euclídes de Angulo1908
  39. José Vicente Concha1914–1918
  40. Marco Fidel Suárez1918–1921
  41. Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez1922–1926
  42. Miguel Abadía Méndez1926–1930
  43. Enrique Olaya Herrera1930–1934
  44. Eduardo Santos1938–1942
  45. Alfonso López Pumarejo1942–1946

Records (44)

  1. 1470 — Battle of PascaBattle
  2. 1490 — Battle of ChocontáBattle
  3. 1586 — Battle of Cartagena de IndiasBattle
  4. 1702 — Action of August 1702Naval battle
  5. 1708 — Wager's ActionNaval battle
  6. 1741 — Battle of Cartagena de IndiasSiege
  7. 1769–1776 — 1769 Wayuu uprisingRebellion
  8. 1776 — Battle of ApiesiBattle
  9. 1812 — Battle of La Ladera (1812)Battle
  10. 1813 — Battle of CúcutaBattle
  11. 1814 — Battle of TacinesBattle
  12. 1814 — Battle of CebollasBattle
  13. 1814 — Siege of BogotáSiege
  14. 1815 — Spanish Siege of Cartagena de IndiasSiege
  15. 1815 — New Granadan Siege of Cartagena de IndiasSiege
  16. 1816 — Battle of Ceja Alta del CancánBattle
  17. 1819 — Battle of BoyacáBattle
  18. 1819 — Battle of Vargas SwampBattle
  19. 1819 — Battle of San JuanitoBattle
  20. 1820–1821 — Siege of CartagenaSiege
  21. 1820 — Battle of Chorros BlancosBattle
  22. 1820 — Los Andes vs PruebaNaval battle
  23. 1822 — Second Battle of Cuchilla de TaindaláBattle
  24. 1823 — Battle of TacinesBattle
  25. 1823 — Siege of PastoSiege
  26. 1854 — Battle of BucaramangaBattle
  27. 1861 — Battle of Campo AmaliaBattle
  28. 1862 — Battle of Santa Bárbara de Cartago (1862)Battle
  29. 1885 — Battle of Santa Bárbara de Cartago (1885)Battle
  30. 1899–1902 — Thousand Days' WarWar
  31. 1899 — Battle of PeralonsoBattle · Colombian Liberal Rebels ▸ Colombia
  32. 1900 — Siege of CúcutaSiege
  33. 1900 — Battle of PalonegroBattle · Colombia ▸ Colombian Liberal Rebels
  34. 1903 — Herrán-Hay treatyTreaty
  35. 1911 — Battle of La PedreraBattle
  36. 1914 — Thomson–Urrutia TreatyTreaty
  37. 1922 — Salomón–Lozano TreatyTreaty
  38. 1928 — Bananas Massacre in ColombiaMassacre
  39. 1930 — Capitanejo massacreMassacre
  40. 1932–1933 — Colombian-Peruvian WarWar
  41. 1933 — Battle of TarapacáBattle
  42. 1933 — Battle of Buenos AiresBattle
  43. 1939 — 1939 Gachetá massacreMassacre
  44. 1941 — Boundary Treaty of 1941 between Colombia and VenezuelaTreaty

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