[boh-guh-tah, boh-guh-tah; Sp. baw-gaw-tah] 
| a city in and the capital of Colombia, in the central part. 2,855,065. |
[kuh-luhm-bee-uh; Sp. kaw-lawm-byah] | a republic in NW South America. 37,418,290; 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). Capital: Bogotá. |
| Bo·go·tá (bō'gə-tä') The capital and largest city of Colombia, in the central part of the country on a high plain in the eastern Andes. It was a center of Chibcha culture before the Spanish established a settlement in 1538. Population: 7,030,000. |
Republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Panama to the northwest, Venezuela to the northeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south, and Brazil to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is Bogotá.
Note: Its major legal crop is coffee.
Note: Trafficking of marijuana and cocaine remains a problem in Colombia. With support from the United States, the Colombian government has attacked drug traffickers, but the country continues to be torn by civil war between left-wing and right-wing factions.
Capital of Colombia and the largest city in the country, located near the center of Colombia on a high, fertile plain.
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