• Olé! Full house for a bullfight at Bogotá's Plaza de Toros de Santamaria

    Olé! Full house for a bullfight at Bogotá's Plaza de Toros de Santamaria

    © Krzysztof Dydynski

  • Red rooftops and churches of Cartagena, Colombia's most romantic colonial town

    Red rooftops and churches of Cartagena, Colombia's most romantic colonial town

    © Alfredo Maiquez

  • Therapeutic mud bathing in crater of Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, Caribbean Coast

    Therapeutic mud bathing in crater of Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, Caribbean Coast

    © Krzysztof Dydynski

Colombia: Overview

Vibrant cities with soaring skyscrapers, elegant port towns cut by cobbled alleys and bougainvillea-shrouded balconies, spectacular national parks from tropical to heavenly-high-alpine, cruise boats, party buses, late-night salsa dancing and glorious shopping. This is Colombia we're talking about!

FAST FACTS

Full name

República de Colombia/Republic of Colombia

Currency

Colombian Peso, COP (Col$)

Population

43000000

Languages

  • Spanish (official)

Time zone(s)

  • GMT/UTC: -5

Measurements

petrol measured in US gallons

Voltage

110V

Hertz

60Hz

Plugs

  • American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin

    American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin

  • Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades

    Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades

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