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Capital: Bogota
Area: 1,141,748 sq km / 440,715 sq ml
Language: Spanish
Currency: Colombian Peso
Population: 41,662,073
Life expectancy: 66 (men), 72 (women)
Literacy rate: 88%
Religions: Roman Catholic
Physical features: Andes mountains run north / south, flat coastline in west, plains (IIanos) in east, almost half the country is forested
Ethnic distribution: Mixed Spanish, Indian, African decent
Exports: Emeralds (world's largest producer), coffee (world's second largest producer), bananas, cotton, meat, sugar, oil, tobacco, petroleum, cut flowers
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