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Population
Population: 39 million
Distribution: 75% urban, 25% rural
Working sectors: 47% commerce and services, 27% agriculture
and fishery, 18% industry, 8% other activities
Languages: Spanish (official language)
There are 200 native dialects
English and French are taught in high school.
Religion: 95% Catholic
Foreign students: The percentage of foreign students
is low, and most are part of exchange programs. In 1999,
for example, 41 French students studied in Colombia and
in 2000, there were 38. Of these, 5 were regular students
and 33 were exchange students.
The University of the Andes had 68 foreign students in 1998,
including Americans, French, Germans, Italians, Norwegians
and Dutch.
Capital: Santafé de Bogota
Main cities: Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Bucaramanga,
and Barranquilla
Main university cities: Bogota, Medellín,
Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Popayán,
and Manizales.
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