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Colombia

the Country of fantastic oofs - so the Spanish conquerors Colombia, in 1499  named; to year stepped into its land. To an independence gain in 1819  to year many oofs have been plundered. The saved unique items from gold are collected in the only thing in the world a gold Museum in capital Bogota.

The Country of princes and beggars name Colombia now, meaning its extreme social contrasts. Coffee business has transformed Medellin, Cali, and also numerous small towns there is no time remote mezhgorja in the central part of Colombia in densely stocked regions where the cities-millionaires of Bogotas have grown, in one of which was born and the well-known author of the novel Hundred years of loneliness Gabriel Garsija Marquez has grown.

The Country of beautiful girls - also so name Colombia, among which population nearby 75 % mongrels and mulattos compound. In total in Colombia nearby 33,9  million inhabitants.

Colombia - priekvatorialnaja the country, differing roast and humid climate. Numerous tourist hotels are had mostly at droughty Caribbean coast and in intrinsic mountainous and less hot regions. Recently the increasing quantity of fans of exotic have started to master and sparsely populated Pacific coast, with rare settlements of Negroes and Indians.

With many countries, switching on Russia, Colombia has a visa-free regime of entry for tourists. Itineraries - Bogota - Barranquilla (the Caribbean coast), Bogota - Medellin - Manisalis - Cali are most popular. The hills in the middle the countries with snow-covered burning mountain Ruis (5400  are rather attractive;).