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  1. Date of Independence: July 20, 1810
  2. Date of Current Constitution: July 5, 1991
  3. Population: 39,309,422 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 440,762 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Bogota
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Main Industries: textiles, food processing, metal production, cement, chemicals
  8. Agriculture: coffee, bananas, cotton, sugar cane, rice
  9. Natural Resources: coal, oil, natural gas, emeralds, copper, zinc, other metals 
  10. Currency: peso
  11. GDP: $254.7 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $6,600 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Spanish (official)
  14. Religions: Christian (Roman Catholic)
  15. Literacy Rate: 91%
  16. Life Expectancy:    67 years (male)
  17.                 75 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 24 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 6 per 1,000 population