South America

Colombia

Flag of Colombia

Capital

Bogota

Largest City

Bogota

Top-Level Domain

www.example.co

Calling Code

+57

Driving Side

Right

Currency

COPColombian Peso

Camera Generations

NGen 1
NGen 2
YGen 3
YGen 4
NTrekker
Flag of Colombia

Colombia

Introduction, see Netherlands for a good example of this


Subdivisions

Colombia is divided into 32 deparments, or departamentos, plus the Capital District (Distrito Capital):

  • Distrito Capital (Bogotá)
  • Amazonas
  • Antioquia
  • Arauca
  • Atlántico
  • Bolívar
  • Boyacá
  • Caldas
  • Caquetá
  • Casanare
  • Cauca
  • Cesar
  • Chocó
  • Córdoba
  • Cundinamarca
  • Guainía
  • Guaviare
  • Huila
  • La Guajira
  • Magdalena
  • Meta
  • Nariño
  • Norte de Santander
  • Putumayo
  • Quindío
  • Rusaralda
  • San Andrés y Providencia
  • Santander
  • Sucre
  • Tolima
  • Valle del Cauca
  • Vaupés
  • Vichada
AMA
Amazonas
ANT
Antioquia
ARA
Arauca
SAP
Archipiélago de San Andrés
ATL
Atlántico
DC
Bogotá D.C.
BOL
Bolívar
BOY
Boyacá
CAL
Caldas
CAQ
Caquetá
CAS
Casanare
CAU
Cauca
CES
Cesar
CHO
Chocó
COR
Córdoba
CUN
Cundinamarca
GUA
Guainía
GUV
Guaviare
HUI
Huila
LAG
La Guajira
MAG
Magdalena
MET
Meta
NAR
Nariño
NSA
Norte de Santander
PUT
Putumayo
QUI
Quindío
RIS
Risaralda
SAN
Santander
SUC
Sucre
TOL
Tolima
VAC
Valle del Cauca
VAU
Vaupés
VID
Vichada

License Plates

License plates in Colombia are typically yellow with black text and borders: ABC·123. Commercial plates have white backgrounds instead: ABC·123. Both types of plates also have the department of issuance embossed on the bottom, and commercial vehicles are also required to print the license plate on the side of the vehicle. This "third" license plate is not usually blurred, and so can be used easily to find your location.


Phone Codes

Phone codes in Colombia are organized by department, but are also prefixed with carrier codes that can make it difficult to identify the area code. However, counting from the end of the phone number, the area code is the 8th last digit (i.e. there are seven digits after it).

  1. Central
    • Bogotá
    • Cundinamarca
  2. Southwest
    • Cauca
    • Valle del Cauca
    • Nariño
  3. Mobile
  4. Northwest
    • Antioquia
    • Chocó
    • Córdoba
  5. North
    • Atlántico
    • Bolívar
    • Cesar
    • La Guajira
    • Magdalena
    • Sucre
  6. West
    • Caldas
    • Risaralda
    • Quindío
  7. Northeast
    • Santander
    • Norte de Santander
    • Arauca
  8. South
    • Boyacá
    • Tolima
    • Huila
    • San Andrés
    • Meta
    • Caquetá
    • Casanare
    • Vichada
    • Guainía
    • Vaupés
    • Guaviare
    • Amazonas
    • Putumayo

Roads, Markings, and Signage

Haven't finalized the format of this, but feel free to take a crack at it, and suggest what you think is good :)


Highways & Road Numbering Schemes

See Netherlands or Portugal for a good example of this


Geography

New section that I had forgotten about. We need an example for this.


Architecture

Haven't done anything on this yet, Simi's the expert


Language

Spanish is the official language of Colombia, and is the language you will encounter most often. Several indigenous languages are also recognized as regional languages, but are not commonly encountered. It is characterized by its use of the tilde on top of an N, and the use of inverted punctuation at the beginning of phrases. The exception is the San Andrés y Providencia, where English is an official language.

Script

Spanish uses the 26 standard letters of the Latin alphabet, plus one extra character (Ññ):

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq
Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

In addition, Spanish employs the acute accent over vowels:

Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú

Spanish is also notable for using inverted exclamation and question marks at the beginning of their respective phrases:

¡...!
¿...?

Sample

Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia, deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.


Meta-Gaming

Anything specifically related to Street View goes here, including coverage, Google car, rifts, etc.


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