Colombia

About Colombia

Colombia is a country in South America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Colombia. In Arabic, the name is written كولومبيا, and the capital بوغوتا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

The capital of Colombia is Bogotá. Bogotá lies at about 5° north and 74° west. The official language of Colombia is Spanish. Its currency is the Colombian Peso, with the symbol ⁨$⁩ and the international code COP.

Colombia covers about 1,141,748 square kilometres, which puts it 25th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. The largest of these neighbours by area is Brazil. Other countries in South America include Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Ecuador and Venezuela, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Colombia with the other countries of the same region.