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The essentials of Colombia in eight easy-going questions. Everyone can play along, from nine to ninety, and discover something new on the way.
Curious hummingbird 0–3 · Rainforest explorer 4–6 · Honorary Colombian 7–8
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Bogotá lies high in the Andes, about 2,640 metres above sea level, so it stays cool all year even though it is close to the equator. Every Sunday and holiday morning, more than 100 km of its main roads close to cars so that people can cycle, skate and walk there, a tradition called the Ciclovía.
Photo: Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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The yellow stripe on Colombia's flag is as tall as the blue and red stripes together, so it fills the whole top half. Ecuador and Venezuela have flags in the same three colours, because all three countries were once part of one big country called Gran Colombia.
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Colombia is usually the world's third-biggest coffee grower, after Brazil and Vietnam. Its coffee region, with steep hills and colourful little farm towns, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011, and its valleys are home to Colombia's national tree, the wax palm, the tallest palm in the world.
Photo: Jyon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Shakira was born in Barranquilla, a port city in the north of Colombia, and at the age of four she climbed onto a restaurant table to dance when she first heard an Arabic drum. A few years later she was turned away from her school choir because her voice wobbled too much, and classmates said she sounded like a goat.
Photo: Junta de Andalucía, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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The name comes from Columbus's surname, which is Colombo in Italian, and at first 'Colombia' was meant as a name for the whole New World. Amerigo Vespucci, the other explorer, ended up with an even bigger prize: the Americas are named after him.
Photo: Sebastiano del Piombo, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Colombia has been a leading source of these green gems for centuries, and its mines, such as Muzo and Chivor, are prized for the deep green colour of their stones. Some rare Colombian emeralds, called trapiche emeralds, have dark lines inside that spread out from the middle like the spokes of a wheel.
Photo: Géry PARENT, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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Dancers in Cali have their own style, called salsa caleña, famous for its super-fast footwork and high kicks. Every year the Cali Fair, held from 25 to 30 December, includes the Salsódromo, a huge parade of salsa musicians and dancers along one of the city's main roads.
Photo: Jyon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Amazon river dolphins are born dark grey and slowly turn pink as they grow up, and the males are usually the pinkest. Unlike dolphins in the sea, they can turn their heads to the side, which helps them twist between tree trunks when the forest floods.
Photo: Oceancetaceen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
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