What do you know about Colombia? Get the facts.

Official name: Republic of Colombia

Size: 439,735 square miles (1,138,910 square kilometers); about four times the size of Nevada

Population: 44,725,543 as of 2011

Capital: Bogotá

Climate: Tropical; hot and wet along coasts and eastern plains, cooler in highlands

Official Language: Spanish

Currency: Peso

Products: Petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers