Colombia Passport

Republic of Colombia

The Republic of Colombia is a state in the north-west of South America. Its capital is Bogotá D.C. Other important cities by order are Medellín, Cali and Barranquilla. The official language is Spanish (Colombia is the third largest Spanish country of the world after Mexico and Spain), but there are also many indegenous dialects througout the territory. The form of goverment is the Republican with a president, a Congress and a Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The actual president of Colombia is Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Colombia gained independence from Spain on July 20, 1810 and was recognized on August 7, 1819. The total area of the country is 1.141.748 km2 (440.839 sq mi) and 8.8% of it is water being the 26th country of the world by dimension. Its population by 2007 is 45.600.000 inhabitants being the 28th country of the world by population. Its GDP (PPP) is US$337.286 billion, per capita is US$7,565, its Gini is 58.6, its HDI is 0.790. The currency is the COLOMBIAN PESO (COP). Colombia is located in the UTC-5 time zone. The Internet code is .co and its calling code is +57.

Time zone

Colombia is located  in the UTC-5 Time zone (Five Hours less than the Greenwich Mean Time, at the same Time zone of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Acre) and Chile (Isla de Pascua during October to March). The Colombian official time is fixed during the year due to its location in the Tropic where the sun brights from 6:00 to 18:00.

The time difference between Colombia and Europe:

1. 4 hours less than England, Portugal and Irland during the European summer and 5 hours less in winter.
2. 5 hours less than Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Central Europe and 6 hours less in winter.

Phone Codes – Telecommunications

The Internet code is .co.

The international phone code is +57.

The national codes by states (“departamentos” in Spanish) (Source: ¡Qué hubo! The Colombian Yellow Pages):

The International borders of Colombia and their agreements

By sea:

1. Nicaragua: “Esguerra-Bárcenas”, March 24 1928.
2. Ecuador: “Liévano-Lucio”, August 23 1975.
3. Panama: “Lliévano-Boy”, Novemember 20 1976.
4. Costa Rica: “Fernández-Facio”, March 17 1976; Lloreda-Gutierrez, April 6 1984.
5. República Dominicana: “Lliévano-Jiménez”, January 13 1978.
6. Haiti: Liévano-Brutus, February 17 1978.
7. Honduras: “Ramirez-López”, August 2 1986.
8. Jamaica: “Sanín-Robinson”, November 12 1993.
9. Venezuela: No yet an agreement.

By land:

1. Panama, 266 kms, Vélez-Victoria, August 20 1924.
2. Ecuador, 586 kms. Suárez-Muñoz-Vernaza, July 15 1916.
3. Peru, 1.626 kms, Lozano-Salomón, March 24 1922; Rio de Janeiro Pact, May 24 1934.
4. Brazil, 1.645 kms., Vásquez-Cobo-Mártins, April 24 1907; García-Ortiz-Mangabeira, November 15 1945.
5. Venezuela, 2.919 kms, Spaniard Pact, March 16 1861; Sweezerland Pact, March 14 1922; López de Mesa-Gil Borges, April 5 1941.