Geography of Colombia Geography of Colombia Caño Limón is an oil field in Arauca, Colombia, on the border of Venezuela. It is also a pipeline which travels 780 kilometers to Coveñas on Colombia's Caribbean coastline. It is jointly owned by the state oil firm Empresa de Petroleos de Colombia, or Ecopetrol, and U.S. company Occidental Petroleum Inc.. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caño Limón"
Copacabana is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copacabana, Antioquia"
Colombia is located in the North of South America (4 00 N, 72 00 W) and part of Caribbean South America. It is the only South American country with coast in both oceans ( Atlantic or Caribbean Sea with 1,760 km and Pacific Ocean with 1,448 km. Colombia borders the following: North with the Caribbean Sea (sea boaders with Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic). West with Panama (225 km) and sea borders with Costa Rica both in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean and Nicaragua. South with Ecuador (590 km), Peru (1,496 km) and Brazil (1,643 km). East with Brazil and Venezuela (2,050 km). ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Colombia"
Paisa (pl. Paisas) A person from the “Paisa region” in Colombia, South America. The region is formed by the Colombian departamentos of Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío. The main economical activities are coffee, cattle rising, flowers and gold’s mines. The main cities are Medellín, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Envigado, Rionegro and Caucasia. Paisas have their own cultural identities linked to the most mountainous region of South America. Their ancestors are especially the conquerors from Extremadura, Spain (century 16th), Andalucia, Spain (century 17th) and the American groups of Katios and Tahamies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paisa Region"
Providencia Island is a mountainous Caribbean island. Though it is closer to Nicaragua, it is part of Colombia. It is part of the San Andrés archipelago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Providencia Island"
The Serrana Bank is a mostly underwater reef about 50km long and 13 km wide upon which lie cays and islets, the most prominent of which is Southwest Cay. Serrana Bank is Colombian territory, though it was claimed and occupied by the United States until 1981. A former base for the US military, they are now mostly visited by lobster fishermen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Serrana Bank"
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