Travel and Tourism - Colombia - November 2014
Colombia – Key Facts
 
Capital: 	Bogotá	
Population: 	46,245,297 (July 2014 est)	
Climate: 	Tropical along the coast and eastern plains; cooler in the highlands	
Language:  	Spanish (official)	
Total area:  	1,138,910 sq km	
Ethnic groups: 	Mestizo (58%), white (20%), multi-racial (14%), black (4%), mixed black-Amerindian (3%), Amerindian (1%)	
Religion:  	Roman Catholic (90%), other (10%)	
Currency: 	Colombian Peso (COP)	
Total tourist arrivals:  	2,288,003 (2013, MinCIT)	
Total international tourism receipts: 	US$2,350 million (2012, UNWTO)	
GDP: 	US$369.2 billion (2013 est, CIA World Factbook)	
Unemployment rate:  	8.4% (2014, Trading Economics)	
Major airports: 	El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá; Rafael Nunez Airport, Cartagena; Ernesto Cortissoz Airport, Barranquilla; Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Airport, San Andres; Jose Maria Codova Airport, Medellin; Alfonso Bonilla Aragon Airport, Cali	
Major ports and harbours:  	Port of Cartagena, Port of Santa Marta (Atlantic),
Port of Buenaventura (Pacific)