Colombia

Colombia to Canada to Study and Tour

Map of Colombia, South America cities: Bogota, Pasto, Mitu, Tumaco, Cali, Buenaventura, Ibague, Medellin, Cucuta, Iurbo, Converas, Colon, Cartaghena, and the neighbours on the east are Venezuela and Brazil; on the south, Ecuador and Peru, and Panama to the northwest.

Embassy of Canada in Colombia

Address:
Carrera 7 #114-33
Piso 14
Bogotá, Colombia

Telephone: (57-1) 657-9800 (general)(57-1) 657-9951
Email: bgota@international.gc.ca

For consular emergencies in Cartagena,
contact Zillah Eugenia Mendez,
Tel: (57-5) 665-5838
Cellular Tel: (57-3) 657-0814
Fax: (57-5) 665-5837

Link to Canada Embassy in Colombia

Colombia Canada Information Links

Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Canada
360 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7X7
Canada Telephone (613) 230-3760
Fax (613) 230-4416
Internet http://www.embajadacolombia.ca
embajada@embajadacolombia.ca

Colombia’s capital and largest city Bogotá is located on a mountain plateau in the Cordillera Oriental. Medellín started as a gold-mining town and is now an important manufacturing center. Cali is a center for coffee production and has developed a commercial center. Other important commercial cities include Barranquilla a seaport and a major international airport and Cartagena a seaport and oil pipeline terminal.

Elementary education is free and compulsory for five years. Instruction in Roman Catholicism is required in all public schools, most of which are controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. The largest Colombian universities are the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, the University of Cartagena in Cartagena, the University of Antioquia in Medellín and the University of Nariño in Pasto.

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