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'''Colombia,''' officially the '''United Provinces of Colombia''' (''Provincias Unidas de Colombia'') is a country in northern South America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by [[Boschland]], the south by [[Peru]], the east by [[Guyana]], the southeast by [[Equador]], and the west by the Pacific Ocean. It comprises six provinces and 64 departments and the capital [[District of San José de Cúcuta]].
With over 86 million inhabitants Colombia is Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world, with its rich cultural heritage reflecting influences by various Amerindian civilizations, European settlement, forced African labor, and immigration from Europe and the greater Middle East. Urban
Colombia is considered a major regional power in South America with the highest population of the continent, a highly developed industrial economy and large reserves of natural resources.
== Etymology ==
The name "Colombia" is derived from the last name of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (Italian: ''Cristoforo Colombo'', Spanish: ''Cristóbal Colón''). It was conceived as a reference to all of the New World.
During the [[Colombian War of Independence]] and the Spring of Nations in the Americas the term Colombia became used by republicans and revolutionaries as an endonym that refers to the former Spanish colony of New Granada. After the Treaty of Medellín (1842) Colombia become used as the name of the United Provinces of Colombia.
== History ==
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