COLOMBIA COLOMBIA REGION SOUTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 20 1810 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 5 1991 POPULATION 39309422 1999 EST AREA 440762 SQ MI CAPITAL BOGOTA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING METAL PRODUCTION CEMENT CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE COFFEE BANANAS COTTON SUGAR CANE RICE NATURAL RESOURCES COAL OIL NATURAL GAS EMERALDS COPPER ZINC OTHER METALS CURRENCY PESO GDP 254.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 6600 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 91 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 24 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 PER 1000 POPULATION
