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Chocó Department

Index Chocó Department

Chocó Department (Departamento del Chocó) is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. [1]

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Acandí

Acandí is a town in Colombia at the northern end of the department of Chocó in northwest of Colombia, bordering the Caribbean Sea.

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Afro-Colombians

Afro-Colombians refers to Colombian citizens of African descent; this article is about the influence they have had on Colombian culture.

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Afro-Latin Americans

Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry.

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Aiphanes acaulis

Aiphanes acaulis is a spiny palm endemic to western Colombia.

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Alcides Fernández Airport

Alcides Fernández Airport is a commercial airport on the Caribbean coast serving to town of Acandí in the Choco Department of Colombia.

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Alex Díaz

Alex Díaz born in Bahía Solano, Chocó on January 13, 1989 is a Colombian football defender, who currently plays for Millonarios FC in the Categoría Primera A. Díaz is a product of the Millonarios youth system and played with the Millonarios first team since July, 2007.He is a starter on Millonarios who reached the Semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2007.

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Alibertia patinoi

Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree.

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Alto Baudó

Alto Baudó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Andagoya

Andagoya is a village in west-central Colombia.

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Andean orogeny

The Andean orogeny (Orogenia andina) is an ongoing process of orogeny that began in the Early Jurassic and is responsible for the rise of the Andes mountains.

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Andesine

Andesine is a silicate mineral, a member of the plagioclase feldspar solid solution series.

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Andinobates altobueyensis

Andinobates altobueyensis (synonyms) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.

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Andrea Tovar

Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez (born 3 September 1993) simply known as Andrea Tovar, is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Colombia 2015.

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Anomaloglossus atopoglossus

Anomaloglossus atopoglossus is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family.

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Antioquia Department

The Department of Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea.

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Arrow poison

Arrow poisons are used to poison arrow heads or darts for the purposes of hunting and warfare.

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Atelopus longibrachius

Atelopus longibrachius, the El Tambo stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Atrato

Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department near the Pacific Ocean, Colombia.

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Atrato River

The Atrato River is a river of northwestern Colombia.

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Édgar Perea

Édgar José Perea Arias (2 June 1934 – 11 April 2016) was a Colombian politician and football radio and television commentator.

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Bagadó

Bagadó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Bahía Solano

Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Bahía Solano Fault

The Bahía Solano Fault (Falla Bahía Solano), Utría Fault or Utría-Bahía Solano Fault is a westward dipping thrust fault in the department of Chocó on the Pacific Coast of Colombia.

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Bajo Baudó

Bajo Baudó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Baudó oropendola

The Baudó oropendola (Psarocolius cassini) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

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Baudó River

The Baudó River (Río Baudó) is a river of Colombia.

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Belén de Bajirá

Belén de Bajirá is a Colombian Corregimiento involved in law suit caused by a territorial dispute between two northwestern Colombian departments, Antioquia and Chocó.

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Bernard Master

Bernard F. Master (born May 17, 1941) is an American birder and conservationist after whom the Chocó vireo (Vireo masteri) was named.

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Biodiversity of Colombia

Colombia is the country with the second-highest biodiversity in the world, behind Brazil.

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Blomberg's toad

Blomberg's toad (Rhaebo blombergi), also known as the Colombian giant toad, is a very large species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Blue-throated sapphire

The blue-throated sapphire (Hylocharis eliciae), also known as the blue-throated goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

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Bojayá

Bojayá is a town in Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Bojayá massacre

The Bojayá massacre (La Masacre de Bojayá) was a massacre that occurred on May 2, 2002 in the Colombian town of Bojayá (with its urban centre also referred to as Bellavista), in Chocó department.

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Bothrops asper

Bothrops asper is a highly venomous pit viper species ranging from southern Mexico to northern South America and is considered to be one of the most dangerous snakes in the western hemisphere.

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Cabo Corrientes, Chocó

Cabo Corrientes is a cape on the Pacific coast of Colombia in the Chocó Department.

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Cali

Santiago de Cali, usually known by its short name "Cali", is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE population projections.

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Capurganá

Capurganá is a tourist destination of the municipality of Acandí on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Urabá in the Colombian department of Choco and adjacent to the border between Colombia and Panama.

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Capurganá Airport

Capurganá Airport is an airport serving the Caribbean coastal town of Capurganá in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

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Caribbean region of Colombia

The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of eight Departments located contiguous to the Caribbean.

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Carlos Holguín Mallarino

Carlos Holguín Mallarino (11 June 1832 – 19 October 1894) was a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and politician, who became President of Colombia between 1888 and 1892, acting in the absence of President Rafael Núñez.

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Carlos Rentería

Carlos Alveiro Rentería Cuesta (born 4 March 1986 in Quibdó, Chocó) is a Colombian footballer who plays as striker.

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Carlos Sánchez Moreno

Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno (born 6 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian club Fiorentina.

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Carmelo Valencia

Carmelo Enrique Valencia Chaverra (born 13 July 1984 in Tutunendo, Colombia) is a Colombian soccer player who currently is a free agent.

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Carnival in Colombia

The carnival in Colombia was introduced by the Spaniards.

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Cértegui

Cértegui is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Chauna

Chauna is a genus of birds in the screamer family.

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Chestnut-backed antbird

The chestnut-backed antbird (Poliocrania exsul) is a passerine bird in the antbird family.

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Chocó-Darién moist forests

The Chocó-Darién moist forests (NT0115) is an ecoregion in the west of Colombia and east of Panama.

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Choco

Chocó or Choco may refer to.

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Choco broad-nosed bat

The Choco broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus chocoensis) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.

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Choco tinamou

The Choco tinamou or Chocó tinamou (Crypturellus kerriae) is a type of tinamou found in lowland forest and montane forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Colombia and Panama.

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ChocQuibTown

ChocQuibTown (sometimes written as Choc Quib Town) is a Colombian hip-hop group.

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Chomelia

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.

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Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph (Tadó)

The Co-Cathedral of St.

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Cochranella euknemos

Cochranella euknemos, sometimes known as the San Jose Cochran frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae.

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Cochranella mache

Cochranella mache is a species of frogs in the family Centrolenidae.

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Coiba Plate

The Coiba Plate is a small tectonic plate (a microplate) located off the coasts south of Panama and northwestern Colombia.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Colombia in popular culture

The depiction of Colombia in popular culture, especially the portrayal of Colombian people in film and fiction, has been asserted by Colombian organizations and government to be largely negative and has raised concerns that it reinforces, or even engenders, societal prejudice and discrimination due to association with narco-trafficking, terrorism, illegal immigration and other criminal elements, poverty and welfare.

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Colombian Athletics Federation

The Federación Colombiana de Atletismo (FECODATLE; Colombian Athletics Federation) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Colombia.

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Colombian Civil War (1860–1862)

The Colombian Civil War began on May 8, 1860, and lasted until November 1862.

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Colombian presidential election, 2018

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018.

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Colombian Spanish

Colombian Spanish (Spanish: español colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia.

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Colostethus latinasus

Colostethus latinasus is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.

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Colostethus pratti

Colostethus pratti is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.

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Columnea consanguinea

Columnea consanguinea is a species of flowering plants in the genus Columnea.

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Condoto

Condoto is the third most important municipality in the Chocó Department, after Quibdó and Istmina.

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Cordillera Occidental (Colombia)

The Cordillera Occidental (West Andes) is the lowest in elevation of the three branches of the Colombian Andes.

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Corethamnium

Corethamnium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

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Costus curvibracteatus

Costus curvibracteatus is a tropical rhizomatous perennial native to Costa Rica and Panama.

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Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve

Cotacachi Cayapas Reserve contains of land and is located in the Imbabura and Esmeraldas provinces of Ecuador from Quito.

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Crimson-backed tanager

The crimson-backed tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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Cryosophila

Cryosophila is a genus of medium-sized fan palms that range from central Mexico to northern Colombia.

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Cupica Airport

Cupica Airport is an airport serving the northern Solano Bay area on the Pacific coast of Colombia's Chocó Department.

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Currulao (music genre)

Currulao is a musical genre, though strictly speaking, it also references to the folkloric dance from the Pacific region of Colombia, whose variations can also be observed in regions of Ecuador.

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Cystoderma chocoanum

Cystoderma chocoanum is a species of mushroom in the family Agaricaceae.

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Darién Gap

The Darién Gap is a break in the Pan-American Highway consisting of a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest within Panama's Darién Province in Central America and the northern portion of Colombia's Chocó Department in South America.

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Demographics of Colombia

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Colombia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Dendropsophus phlebodes

Dendropsophus phlebodes, the San Carlos tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

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Departments of Colombia

Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital).

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Diasporus gularis

Diasporus gularis, also known as the Esmeraldas robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.

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Diasporus quidditus

Diasporus quidditus is a species of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae.

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Diasporus tinker

Diasporus tinker is a species of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae.

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Earth rainfall climatology

Earth rainfall climatology Is the study of rainfall, a sub-field of Meteorology.

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Edier Tello

Edier Tello (born 2 March 1990 in Cértegui, Chocó) is a Colombian football forward, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Categoría Primera A. Tello is a product of the Millonarios youth system and played with the Millonarios first team since January, 2009.

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Eduard Zea

Eduard Stihivinson Zea Chávez (born 19 January 1990) is a Colombian footballer who most recently played for PS Kemi.

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El Cantón de San Pablo

El Cantón de San Pablo is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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El Caraño Airport

El Caraño Airport is an airport serving Quibdó in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

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El Carmen de Atrato

El Carmen de Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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El Carmen del Darién

El Carmen del Darién is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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El Independiente (Colombian newspaper)

El Independiente (The Independent) was a Colombian newspaper that replaced El Espectador, when this newspaper suspended its publication due to a series of illegal actions committed against it by the military regime of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in 1956.

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El Tambo caecilian

The El Tambo caecilian, Epicrionops columbianus, is a species of caecilian in the Rhinatrematidae family endemic to Colombia.

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El Valle, Choco

El Valle, Choco, is a beach town located in the Municipality of Bahia Solano, Department of Choco, on Colombia's Pacific Coast, some 150 km West of Medellín, and roughly 100 km South of the border with Panama.

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Elíseo Arango Ramos

Elíseo Arango Ramos (16 April 1900 – 17 December 1977) was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as the fourth Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Elkin Blanco

Elkin Blanco (born 5 September 1989 in Acandí, Chocó) is a Colombian football midfielder who currently plays for América de Cali in the Categoría Primera A.

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Emberá

The Emberá, also known in the historical literature as the Chocó or Katío Indians are an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia.

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Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano.

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Equatorial Spanish

Equatorial Spanish, also called Coastal Colombian-Ecuadorian dialect or Chocoano, is a dialect of Spanish spoken mainly in the coastal region of Ecuador, as well as in the bordering coastal areas of northern Peru and southern Colombia.

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Erik Moreno

Erik Andrés Moreno Serna (born 24 November 1991) is a Colombian footballer who last played as a forward.

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Farallones del Citará

The Farallones del Citará are situated in the mountains of southweset Antioquia, only miles from the border with neighboring Chocó.

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Felipa Palacios

Felipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza (born December 1, 1975 in Bojaya, Chocó) is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.

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Francisco Maturana

Francisco Antonio Maturana García, also known as Pacho Maturana (born February 15, 1949) is a Colombian ex-football player and football manager.

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Fray Matías Abad

Fray Matías Abad (died 1649) was a Franciscan priest who was martyred in the New World.

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Freddy Hurtado

Alfredo Hurtado Abadía (known as Freddy Hurtado; born May 27, 1976 in Chocó) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Envigado.

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Garrapatas Fault Zone

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Gastrotheca antomia

Gastrotheca antomia is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family.

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Geography of Colombia

The Republic of Colombia is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in North America.

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Geography of South America

The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates.

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Glossary of Colombian music

This page is a glossary of Colombian music.

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Gongrostylus

Gongrostylus is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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Gonzalo Arango

Gonzalo Arango Arias (born in Andes, Antioquia 1931 – Tocancipá, Cundinamarca 1976) was a Colombian poet, journalist and philosopher.

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Google Street View in Colombia

In June 2012 Google Colombia announced to the media that the Google Street View cars would be circulating throughout Colombia collecting images.

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Google Street View in South America

In South America, Google Street View is available in parts of Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Uruguay.

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Granadine Confederation

The Granadine Confederation (Confederación Granadina) was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada.

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Green and black poison dart frog

The green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and with numerous other names, is a brightly colored member of the order Anura native to Central America and northwestern parts of South America.

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Guevarista Revolutionary Army

The Guevarista Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario Guevarista, ERG) was a revolutionary, guerrilla group operating in Colombia.

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Guillermo Abadía Morales

Guillermo Abadía Morales (8 May 1912 – 21 January 2010) was a Colombian linguist, academic, anthropologist, folklore researcher and indigenous language expert.

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Gulf of Tribugá

The Gulf of Tribugá (Golfo de Tribugá) is a gulf on the Pacific coast of Colombia.

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Guzmania musaica

Guzmania musaica is a species in the genus Guzmania.

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Gymnotus choco

Gymnotus choco, commonly known as the cuchillo (Spanish for "knife"), is an electric knifefish.

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Hámilton Ricard

Hámilton Ricard Cuesta (born 12 January 1974) is a Colombian former footballer who played as a striker.

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History of the Department of Antioquia

The History of the Department of Antioquia began with the arrival of the first human settlers into what is now the Antioquia Department in Colombia.

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House of Representatives (Colombia)

The House of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia.

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Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi

Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family.

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Hyloxalus chocoensis

Hyloxalus chocoensis, sometimes known as the Choco rocket frog, is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.

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Ignacio Solano

Ignacio Solano Cabello (born 17 June 1977) is a Spanish biologist, landscaper and expert on biological interactions.

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Ilia Calderón

Ilia Calderón Chamat is a Colombian journalist, born 1972 in Chocó.

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Iridium

Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77.

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ISO 3166-2:CO

ISO 3166-2:CO is the entry for Colombia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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Istmina

Istmina is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Jackson Valoy

Jackson Valoy Perea (born 12 July 1989) is a Colombian footballer.

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Jarol Martínez

Járol Enrique Martínez González, or, simply, Járol Martínez (born March 22, 1987), is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a full back for Deportivo Pereira.

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Jennifer Padilla

Jennifer Padilla González (also spelled Yenifer or Yennifer; born 1 January 1990) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprint events.

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John von Neumann Environmental Research Institute of the Pacific

The John von Neumann Environmental Research Institute of the Pacific is a non profit environmental and anthropological research institute of executive branch of the government of Colombia ascribed to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and charged with conducting research and investigations on the Pacific littoral and the biodiversity of the Chocó biogeographic hotspot.

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Jorge Isaacs

Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier.

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Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez

Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez (September 30, 1950) is a Colombian drug trafficker who was one of the key founding members of the notorious Medellín Cartel in the late 1980s.

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José Celestino Mutis Airport

José Celestino Mutis Airport (Aeropuerto José Celestino Mutis) is an airport serving Bahía Solano, a municipality of the Chocó Department in Colombia.

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José Largacha

José Largacha Rivas is a Colombian football forward.

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Juradó

Juradó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Juradó Airport

Juradó Airport is an airstrip serving Juradó, a Pacific coastal village and municipality in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

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Last Glacial Maximum

In the Earth's climate history the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was the last time period during the last glacial period when ice sheets were at their greatest extension.

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Lehmann's poison frog

Lehmann's poison frog or the red-banded poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae endemic to a small part of western Colombia.

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Leiton Jiménez

Leiton Jiménez Romero (born 26 April 1989 in Chocó) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a Defender for Atlas in the Liga MX.

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List of airports in Colombia

This is a list of airports in Colombia, grouped by type and sorted by location.

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List of attacks attributed to FARC

The following is a list of attacks attributed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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List of battles and other violent events by death toll

This page lists mortalities from battles and individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll.

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List of bird species described in the 2000s

This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2000 to 2010.

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List of botanical gardens

A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education.

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List of cities and towns in Colombia

This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census.

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List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation

This is a list of cities in the Americas (South, Central and North) by founding year and present-day country.

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List of Colombian Department Governors

This is a list of Governors of Departments of Colombia.

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List of Colombian Departments by area

List of Colombian Departments by area details the Departments of Colombia by their area.

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List of Colombian departments by GDP

This is a list of Colombian departments by gross domestic product in 2011.

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List of Colombian Departments by population

This is a list of Colombian departments by population according to a general census taken on 1920 and by estimates for 2013, 2010 made by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, in Spanish).

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List of Colombian flags

This is a list of flags used in Colombia.

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List of dangerous snakes

Of the 3400 snake species, there are around 600 venomous snake species in the world.

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List of earthquakes in 1924

This is a list of earthquakes in 1924.

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List of earthquakes in 1951

This is a list of earthquakes in 1951.

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List of earthquakes in 1960

This is a list of earthquakes in 1960.

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List of earthquakes in 1962

This is a list of earthquakes in 1962.

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List of earthquakes in 1975

This is a list of earthquakes in 1975.

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List of earthquakes in Colombia

This is a list of earthquakes in Colombia.

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List of endemic bird areas of the world

The following is a list of endemic bird areas of the world, as defined by Birdlife International - see main article (Endemic Bird Area).

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List of FIPS region codes (A–C)

This is a list of FIPS 10-4 region codes from A-C, using a standardized name format, and cross-linking to articles.

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List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean

This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean, as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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List of ghost towns by country

The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country.

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List of islands of South America

The following are lists of the islands of South America by country..

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List of major terrorist incidents

This is a list of terrorist incidents, conducted by non-state actors, resulting in more than 100 deaths.

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List of massacres in Colombia

The following is a list of notable massacres in Colombia.

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List of mining areas in Colombia

This is a list of mining areas in Colombia.

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List of National Monuments of Colombia

This is a list of National Monuments in Colombia.

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List of national parks of Colombia

The protected areas of Colombia are grouped into the National System of Protected Areas.

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List of parrots

Parrots, also known as psittacines, are the 402 species of birds that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions, of which 387 are extant.

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List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 30,000 to 50,000 square kilometers

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List of political hostages held by FARC

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization, listed internationally as a terrorist group by a number of countries.

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List of territorial disputes

This is a list of territorial disputes over lands around the world, both past and in modern times.

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List of terrorist incidents in 1994

This is a timeline of incidents in 1994 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

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List of terrorist incidents in December 2016

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in December 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in March 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in March 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in May 2017

This is a timeline of terrorist attacks which took place in May 2017, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of terrorist incidents in October 2017

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in October 2017, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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List of toucans

Ramphastos is a genus of large neotropical Piciform birds within the family Ramphastidae commonly known as toucans.

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List of weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics

This is a list of the weightlifters who will be participating for their country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5–21, 2016.

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List of World Heritage in Danger

The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Colombia

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

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List of World Heritage Sites in South America

This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America.

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Litoral del San Juan

Litoral del San Juan is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Lloró

Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Locura

Locura, which translates to "madness" in Spanish, is a mental disorder characterized as severe chronic psychosis.

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Los Katíos National Park

Los Katíos National Natural Park (Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Katíos) is a protected area located in northwest Colombia which covers about.

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Luis Alberto Moore

Luis Alberto Moore Perea (born September 1, 1959 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a General of the Colombian National Police.

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Luis Enrique Mena

Luis Enrique Mena (born in Riosucio, Chocó on July 16, 1992) is a Colombian football midfield, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Categoría Primera A. Mena is a product of the Millonarios youth system and played with the Millonarios first team since April, 2008.

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Luis Gilberto Murillo

Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1967) is a Colombian politician and Mining Engineer who is currently the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.

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Mabel Mosquera

Mabel Mosquera Mena (born July 1, 1969) is a female weightlifter from Colombia.

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Magdalena-Urabá moist forests

The Magdalena-Urabá moist forests (NT0137) is an ecoregion in the north of Colombia.

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Mandinga Airport

Mandinga Airport is an airport serving the platinum mining town of Condoto in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

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Medellín

Medellín, officially the Municipality of Medellín (Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia and the capital of the department of Antioquia.

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Medio Atrato

Medio Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Medio Baudó

Medio Baudó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Medio San Juan

Medio San Juan is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Migración Colombia

Colombia Migration (Migración Colombia) is Colombia's customs agency responsible of monitoring and carrying out migratory control within the framework of national sovereignty and in accordance with the law.

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Miss Colombia

Miss Colombia (Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, "National Beauty Contest of Colombia" in Spanish) is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia.

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Miss Colombia 1993

Miss Colombia 1993, the 59th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in the Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias, located in Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar Department, Colombia.

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Miss Colombia 1999

Miss Colombia 1999, the 64th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 1999, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2001

Miss Colombia 2001, the 67th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2001, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2002

Miss Colombia 2002, the 68th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2002, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2003

Miss Colombia 2003, the 69th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2003, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2004

Miss Colombia 2004, the 70th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2004, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2005

Miss Colombia 2005, the 71st Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 14, 2005, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2006

Miss Colombia 2006, the 72nd Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2006, after three weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2007

Miss Colombia 2007, the 73rd Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 12, 2007.

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Miss Colombia 2008

Miss Colombia 2008, the 74th Miss Colombia pageant, was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on November 17, 2008, after two weeks of events.

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Miss Colombia 2009

Miss Colombia 2009, the 75th Miss Colombia pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Monday, November 16, 2009.

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Miss Colombia 2010

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia its 76th edition on Monday, November 15, 2010 in Cartagena de Indias.

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Miss Colombia 2011

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia held its 77th edition on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Cartagena de Indias.

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Miss Colombia 2012

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia held its 78th edition on Monday, November 12, 2011 in Cartagena de Indias.

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Miss Colombia 2013

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia during its 79th edition, took place on November 11, 2013 in the city of Cartagena de Indias.

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Miss Colombia 2014

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia on its 80th edition took place on November 17, 2014 in the city of Cartagena de Indias.

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Miss Colombia 2015

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia on its 81st edition was held on November 16, 2015.

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Miss Colombia 2017

The National Beauty Contest in Colombia on its 82st edition was held on March 20, 2017.

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Multicoloured tanager

The multicoloured tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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Municipalities of Colombia

The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia.

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Murindó Fault

The Murindó Fault (Falla Murindó) is a strike-slip fault in the department of Antioquia and Chocó in northwestern Colombia.

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Music of Colombia

The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genres, both traditional and modern, according with the features of each geographic region, although it is not uncommon to find different musical styles in the same region.

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National Games of Colombia

The National Games of Colombia, known in Spanish as the Juegos Deportivos Nacionales, is the premier multi-sport event of Colombia at national level.

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National Indigenous Organization of Colombia

The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia or ONIC) is an organization representing the indigenous peoples of Colombia, who comprise some 800,000 people or approximately 2% of the population.

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National Liberation Army (Colombia)

The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is an armed group involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict, Official Journal of the European Union.

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Natural regions of Colombia

Because of its natural structure, Colombia can be divided into six very distinct natural regions.

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Nóvita

Nóvita is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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New Kingdom of Granada

The New Kingdom of Granada (Nuevo Reino de Granada), or Kingdom of the New Granada, was the name given to a group of 16th-century Spanish colonial provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the Audiencia of Santa Fe, an area corresponding mainly to modern-day Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.

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Northern screamer

The northern screamer (Chauna chavaria), also known as the black-necked screamer, is a large species of bird in the small family Anhimidae, the screamers.

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Northwestern Bloc of the FARC-EP

The Northwestern Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as the Iván Ríos Bloc has historically been a strong influence in the Medellín and Antioquia regions, and still is today.

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Nuquí

Nuquí is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Ochre-breasted tanager

The ochre-breasted tanager (Chlorothraupis stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae.

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Olaya Herrera Airport

Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera) is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, which serves regional and domestic flights.

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Olmes García

Olmes Fernando García Flórez (born 21 October 1992) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for América de Cali.

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Osmium

Osmium (from Greek ὀσμή osme, "smell") is a chemical element with symbol Os and atomic number 76.

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Pablo Catatumbo

Pablo Catatumbo Torres Victoria (né Jorge Torres Victoria, born 19 March 1953) is a Colombian politician.

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Pacific/Chocó natural region

The Pacific/Chocó natural region is one of the five major natural regions of Colombia.

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Philaethria

Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.

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Piedad Córdoba

Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruiz (born January 25, 1955) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Senator of Colombia from 1994 to 2010.

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Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78.

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Playona Acandí Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

Playona Acandí Fauna and Flora Sanctuary is one of eleven new national parks in Colombia.

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Pristimantis angustilineatus

Pristimantis angustilineatus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.

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Pristimantis kelephus

Pristimantis kelephus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.

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Pristimantis myops

Pristimantis myops is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.

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Provinces of Colombia

Colombia is divided into 32 departments. These in turn are divided into municipalities, though some receive the special category of district.

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Quibdó

Quibdó is the capital city of Chocó Department, in western Colombia, on the Atrato River.

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Race and ethnicity in Colombia

Race and ethnicity in Colombia descends mainly from three racial groups—Amerindians, Africans, and Caucasians—that have mingled throughout the last 500 years of the country's history.

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Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity.

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Río Iró

Río Iró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Río Quito

Río Quito is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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RCN Radio

RCN Radio (Radio Cadena Nacional, "National Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia.

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Restrepia chocoensis

Restrepia chocoensis is a species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), named for the Department of Chocó, Colombia, where it was discovered.

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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.

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Reyes Murillo Airport

Reyes Murillo Airport is an airport serving Nuquí, a Pacific coast town in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

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Rhaebo hypomelas

Rhaebo hypomelas is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

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Riosucio, Chocó

Riosucio is a municipality and town in the Department of Chocó, Colombia.

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Roger Katan

Roger G. Katan is a French-American architect, planner, sculptor, and activist born in Berguent (today's Aïn Bni Mathar), Eastern Morocco, on January 5, 1931.

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San José del Palmar

San José del Palmar is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia in the central part of the country, 240 km west of the capital Bogotá.

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San Juan River (Colombia)

The San Juan River is an important river of Colombia that flows into the Pacific Ocean through the Chocó Department.

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Santa María la Antigua del Darién

Santa María la Antigua del Darién, formerly also known as Dariena, was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, located in present-day Colombia approximately 40 miles south of Acandí, within the municipality of Unguía in the Chocó Department.

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Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas

Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas was a Colombian educator, lawyer, diplomat, writer, journalist and statesman who was President of the United States of Colombia between 1874 and 1876.

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Sapphire-throated hummingbird

The sapphire-throated hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis) is a shiny metallic-green hummingbird found in Panama, Colombia, and more recently Costa Rica.

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Sapzurro

Sapzurro is a small town on the Caribbean Sea located in the northwest corner of the Republic of Colombia.

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Serranía del Darién

The Serranía del Darién is a small mountain range on the border between Colombia and Panamá in the area called the Darién Gap.

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Sipí

Sipí is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Spanish conquest of the Muisca

The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540.

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Strabomantis cheiroplethus

Strabomantis cheiroplethus is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family.

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TAC Colombia

TAC (acronym of Transporte Aéreo de Colombia) is a charter airline based at Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia.

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Tadó

Tadó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Technological University of Chocó

The Diego Luis Cordoba Technological University of Choco (Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó Diego Luis Córdoba), also known as UTCH, is a public, departmental, coeducational university based in the city of Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia.

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Telepacífico

Telepacífico is a Colombian regional public television network, created in 1986 as the city of Cali celebrated its 450th anniversary.

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Telephone numbers in Colombia

Colombia has various telephone dial plans, depending on the type of service.

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Teresa Martínez de Varela

Teresa Martínez de Varela (also known under the pseudonym, Lisa de Andráfueda, 1 July 1913–16 June 1998) was an Afro-Colombian teacher and writer.

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Timeline of Colombian history

This is a timeline of Colombian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Colombia and its predecessor states.

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Tourism in Colombia

The contribution of travel and tourism to GDP was USD5,880.3bn (2.0% of total GDP) in 2016.

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Tunda

The Tunda (La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador, and particularly in the Afro-American community of the Chocó department, about a shapeshifting entity, resembling a human female, that lures people into the forests and keeps them there.

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Ubaldina Valoyes

Ubaldina Valoyes Cuesta (born July 6, 1982 in Quibdó, Chocó) is a female weightlifter from Colombia.

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Unguía

Unguía is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Unguía Fault

The Unguía Fault (Falla de Unguía) is an oblique dextral thrust fault in the department of Chocó in northwestern Colombia and continuing offshore Panama in the Caribbean Sea.

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Unión Panamericana

Unión Panamericana is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Urabá

Urabá or Uraba may refer to.

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Utría National Natural Park

The Utría National Natural Park (Parque Nacional Natural Ensenada de Utría) is a national park in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

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Valle del Cauca Department

Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley is a department of Colombia.

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Vanessa Mendoza

Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos (born 1981), better known simply as Vanessa Mendoza, is a Colombian actress and fashion model who held the Miss Colombia title in 2001, being the first Afro-Colombian to win that contest.

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Vigía del Fuerte

Vigía del Fuerte is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia.

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Vigía del Fuerte Airport

Vigía del Fuerte Airport is an airstrip serving the river town of Vigía del Fuerte, in the Antioquia Department of Colombia.

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Voseo

In Spanish grammar, voseo is the use of vos as a second person singular pronoun, including its conjugational verb forms in many dialects.

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William Palacio González

William Enrique Palacio González (born 29 July 1994) is a Colombian footballer who last played as Midfielder for Lobos BUAP.

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Yeimar Gómez Andrade

Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade (born June 30, 1992 in Tado (Choco), Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Unión Santa Fe of the Primera División Argentina.

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Yellow-bellied poison frog

The yellow-bellied poison frog, yellow-bellied poison-arrow frog, or yellowbelly poison frog (Andinobates fulguritus) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.

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Yuber Asprilla

Yuber Asprilla born in Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia on 12 November 1992 is a football player, who plays for Pumas UNAM in the Liga MX, as a striker.

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Zamia chigua

Zamia chigua is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family.

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Zamia manicata

Zamia manicata is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family.

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Zizaniopsis

Zizaniopsis is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.

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1997–98 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1997–98 St.

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1998–99 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1998–99 St.

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1999–2000 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1999–2000 St.

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2000–01 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 2000–01 St.

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2016 Colombia army helicopter crash

A Mil Mi-17 of the National Army of Colombia was reported missing after taking off from the city of Quibdó on 26 June 2016.

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Choco (Columbia), Choco Department, Choco Department, Colombia, Chocó, Chocó (Columbia), Chocó department, Department of Chocó, List of Governors of the Department of Choco, List of Governors of the Department of Chocó.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocó_Department

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