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Republic of Colombia
National name: República de Colombia
President: Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998)
Area: 439,735 sq. mi. (1,138,910 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 39,309,422 (average annual rate of natural increase, 1.89%); birth rate: 24.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.3/1000; density per sq. mi.: 89
Capital and largest city (1993): Santafé de Bogotá 4,945,448
Largest cities (1995 est.): Cali, 1,718,871; Medellín, 1,621,356; Barranquilla, 1,064,255; Cartagena, 745,689
Monetary unit: Peso
Language: Spanish
Ethnicity/race: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1%
Religion: 95% Roman Catholic
Literacy rate: 87%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $254.7 billion; $6,600 per capita. Real growth rate: 0.2%. Inflation: 16.7%. Unemployment: 15.7%. Arable land: 4%. Agriculture: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp. Labor force: 16.8 million (1997 est.); services, 46% ; agriculture, 30%; industry, 24% (1990). Industry: food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds. Exports: $11.3 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): petroleum, coffee, coal, gold, bananas, cut flowers. Imports: $14.4 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels. Major trading partners: U.S., EU, Brazil, Andean Community, Japan.
