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AREA: Equivalent to Spain, France and Portugal together.
AMPHIBIANS #1 in the world with 583 species
AIR SECURITY: Advises five countries in aerial security matters. Among the top ten in air security in the world.

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BANANA: #3 producer in the world
BIKING TRAILS: Largest network of urban, paved biking trails in Latin America.
BIRDS: #1 in number of species in the world, holds 20% of bird species in the world- 1,815 species.
BIODIVERSITY: #3 in the world, #1 per square meter.
BOTERO: One of the most prestigious artists in the world.

BUTTERFLIES #2 in number of species in the world, 3,000 families and 14,000 species.

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CANNES: Golden Cannes award in publicity.
CARTAGENA: World heritage
CARNATIONS: #1 in the world
CREATIVITY: one of our secret weapons
COFFEE: Third largest producer and one of the most recognized brands in the world.One of the world's biggest Coffee Research centers.
COAL: Fourth largest producer
CLOTHING: 70-85% of Children Polo Shirts are made in Colombia. Colombia is the largest producer of Adidas Sports Clothing in the World. 100% of Children stockings in Macy´s, Burdines and Bloomingdales are Colombian.

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DEMOCRACY: Oldest democracy in Latin America
DESIGN: Sylvia Tcherassi, Best "New Generation" Latin American Fashion designers (2001).

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EMERALDS #1 in the world
Export of agricultural products to the US (#2 in Latin America)

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FERRONICKEL: #4 in the world
FLOWERS: #1 in the world
FROGS: #1 in the world
FRESH WATER FISH: #2 in the world

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GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ: Nobel Prize Laureate – World record in sales of a book (32 copies in 50 languages)
GOLD museum and mining, most important gold museum in the world.
GUADUA: First producer (Bambusa Angustifolia variety).

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HEALTH: Fourth country in the world in terms of investments in health as a percentage of GDP
HUMAN BONES: #1 exporter in the world.

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INVENTIONS - Hakim valve, contact lenses for babies, pacemaker, gas-powered Iron
INDIAN TRIBES - 84 - cultural diversity

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JUNGLE at Amazonia
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA: World Champion Formula CART / Formula One racer.

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KOGI - oldest Indian tribe in the planet.
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LEADERSHIP: Colombians hold leadership positions in multinationals worldwide (Microsoft, NASA, Pepsi, Motorola, etc)
LINGERIE: Third manufacturer in the world.
LONGEST COASTon the Caribbean
LOYAL WORK FORCE- one of our secret weapons

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MARÍA ISABEL URRUTIA: only South American to win Olympic Gold in Weightlifting.
MACHETE: Largest exporter of laminated machetes
MAMMALS: Fouth in species - 456 species.
MEDICINE: First caesarian surgery in Latin America.
MIDPOINTbetween North and South America

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NASA: Neuroscience Director Rodolfo Llinás
NANOTECHNOLOGY: Andrés Jaramillo Botero a pioneer in research on this field and one of 2,000 most influential scientists of the 20th Century
NICKEL: Fourth producer in the world.

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OIL: estimated 37 billion barrels potential reserves
ORCHIDS: largest number of species – 3500 types (Priciest Exotic Flower in the World)
ORBIT: Strategically located in a geostationary orbit making telecommunications cheaper.

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PALM OIL: 4th largest production and #1 in variety.
PLANTS: #2 in the world
POPULATION: #2 in South America (44 million) .
POTATOES: #1 in Latin America
POLTRY: largest open ventilation incubator in the world
PUBLISHING : :# 1 publishing house in Spanish in Latin America.

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RASPBERRIES: Second largest producer in the world.
REFORESTATION powerhouse potential: A tree in Colombia grows three times faster than in Chile, a leader in the industry.
REPTILES: #3 in species
REFRACTIVE SURGERY: #1 in the world.
ROSES: #1 in the world

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SHAKIRA: #1 in Latin Billboard (#6 in US).
SKATING: World leader, Cecilia Baena five-time World Champion
SNOW-capped mountain by the ocean- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
SOCCER: America's Cup Champions, First woman to be a referee in an Olympic soccer game
SUGAR: world leader in productivity.

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THEATER: #1 International Theater Festival
TRADE agreements (50% of Colombia´s exports enter its markets duty-free

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UNIVERSITIES of the highest quality in Latin America. 88% Literacy rate.

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VACCINE against malaria discovered by Manuel Elkin Patarroyo.
VENEZIA BIENNALE 2006: Golden Lion for Bogota City

ViISITS to a public library #1 in the world, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango Bogotá.

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WATER – Fourth producer in the world, 4,500 basins; 1,200 rives; 1,600 lakes and 1,900 swamps.

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YUCCA - 70 species, world leaders in research and development.