Colombia

Capital: Bogotá

Population: 45,000,000

Currency: Colombian Peso

Government: Presidential Republic

President: Álvaro Uribe

Languages Spoken: Spanish and Indigenous Languages

History of Colombia:

1502 AD: Christopher Columbus first navigates the Caribbean coast of Colombia

1508 AD – 1810 AD: Spanish Colonization of Colombia

1819 AD: Simón Bolívar becomes the first president of Colombia

1863 AD: Colombia collapses into Civil War

1863 AD – 1886 AD: Colombia becomes the United States of Colombia

1886 AD: The United States of Colombia are reorganized into the Republic of Colombia

1899 AD – 1902 AD: The Thousand Days Civil War

1948 AD – 1958 AD: The Great Violence

1991 AD: The Constituent Assembly of Colombia ratifies the new Colombian Constitution

Communities We Serve in Colombia: