Colombia¶
- Area
- South America
- Coins
- 1
Colombia is primarily an agricultural country, and its biggest export crop is coffee beans. Native amerindians were culturally active in the area around 1450 BCE, and had developed a sophisticated political system around 1000 BCE. The Spanish arrived in 1500 CE and proceeded to really mess up the native population through war, disease, and exploitation. (When they ran out of natives to exploit, they simply imported slaves from Africa.) Santa Marta was settled in 1525, and the area became a Spanish colony named New Granada in 1549.Simon Bolivar was instrumental in achieving independence in 1819 when he united Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela as the Republic of Gran Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela went their own way a decade later, and Panama hung in until 1903. Later on in the twentieth century, the country became plaqued with the drug trade and guerrilla groups who cause a lot of disruption and bloody internal fighting. Colombia is struggling with these problems today.
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Colombia 10-PESOS (KM270)¶- Area
- South America
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Horse