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The Republic of Colombia, receives its name in honor to the discoverer of America Cristobal Columbus. It is located in the northwest corner of South America, which allows having coasts in the oceans Atlantic and Pacific. Also it has part on a section of the Amazon River in the Amazonian trapeze, reason why "Country of Three Seas" has been called it.Colombia, limits with Venezuela the east, Brazil to the Southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and Panama to the northeast, as well as with Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, countries that are considered bordering by existing treaties of marine and submarine boundary.Its capital is Bogota that conform the Capital District and is also capital of the department of Cundinamarca. Currently it is a metropolitan area with more than eight million inhabitants, divided in 20 localities and is the fourth city more populated and important of South America. This is the main seat of the National Government.The Bogota name has origin in the indigenous word Bacatá, name of the capital of the Zipas, which means "surrounded outside the farming". The town also received the nickname of Muequetá ("field or savannah of the farming") and the one of Funza ("powerful man"). Indeed in territory of the present municipality of Funza, neighbor of Bogota, and probably in its path the Cacique, was the head of the population of Bacatá.Also, some of the main ingredients in the Colombian gastronomy are: Pig, Popes, frijoles, maize, chicken, rice and soups. Another one of the wonders of the Colombian food is their fruits, due to their tropical climate, the great biodiversity and its fertile grounds, Colombia produces as delicious fruits as the Lulo, the Papaya, the Handle, the Zapote, the Plums, the Madroño, the mandarin, the grapefruits, the Litchi, the Níspero, the Jabutijaba, guayaba Bitter, the Sweet Guayaba, the Melons, the Sandia, the orange, the Jabutijaba, the Guanábana, the Anon, the Copoazu, the grenade, the Pitaya, the Curuba, the Maracuya, the Granadilla, the Avocado, the Carambolo, the Borojo, the Mangostino, the Corozo, the Strawberry, and so many other but that they are possible to be eaten fresh, in desserts or juice.Other important way t be of Colombian people, are their fair and parties, that happened in all country all months; some of most important festivals are Cali’s fair, Barranquilla’s carnival, white and blacks carnival, Manizales fair, vallenato’s festival, flower’s fair in Medellin, and other that happen in each Colombian town.In fact, Colombia is a privileged country by it position, it people, it natural resources… and other many things that be of this country a special place. As a recommendation, when you visit Colombia, you must visit many historical, cultural, touristic, and beauty places that you ever seen at same time in one country; furthermore, you can be in different weathers when you want, in any day of the year, because Colombia as a tropical country has all climates all time in the year that you can enjoy, since hottest weather to coolest temperature.