Colombia: Top 10 Quick Facts

¡Hola, welcome to Colombia!

Motto: "Libertad y Orden" which means 'Liberty and Order'

• Colombia is the first country in South America. Above Colombia is Panama. Bordering Colombia is Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

• The Colombian flag has three horizontal bands, the top band is yellow, middle band is blue and the bottom band is red. The flag typically is not used with the coat of arms as the two bordering countries, Venezuela and Ecuador use the same colors and Ecuador uses its coat of arms, while Venezuela has stars to differentiate the three.

• The capital city of Colombia is Bogota with a population of over 7,600,000 people.

• Another city of Colombia is Medellin with a population just barely reaching 2,000,000.

• The official language is Spanish.

• National animal: Andean Condor

• National flower: Orchid Cattleya Trianae

By: Dick Culbert (CC BY-SA 2.0) Wikimedia.org

• A native in a traditional dress.

• The national sport is Tejo.

By: Neil Taylor (CC BY-SA 2.0) Wikimedia.org

• The most popular is Football/ soccer.

• And, anybody's favorite: Food.

Bandeja Paisa

By: TitiNicola (CC BY-SA 4.0) Wikimedia.org

Chorizo con Arepa

By: William Neuheisel (CC BY-SA 2.0) Wikimedia.org

Sancocho