The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Bogotá . Name of Nationals : Colombians . Major Language : Spanish ( official ) . Major Religious Group : Roman Catholic . Monetary Unit : Peso ( = 100 centavos ) . For Colombia's flag , see under FLAG , both illus- tration and text ...
... Bogotá . Name of Nationals : Colombians . Major Language : Spanish ( official ) . Major Religious Group : Roman Catholic . Monetary Unit : Peso ( = 100 centavos ) . For Colombia's flag , see under FLAG , both illus- tration and text ...
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... Bogotá's Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Pontífica Javeriana . 4. Culture Colombians take great pride in their cultural achievements . Bogotá has been called the " Ath- ens of Latin America , " in reference especially to ...
... Bogotá's Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Pontífica Javeriana . 4. Culture Colombians take great pride in their cultural achievements . Bogotá has been called the " Ath- ens of Latin America , " in reference especially to ...
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... Bogotá . Further , Bogotá had great difficulty in maintaining effective control over the leaders in the other parts of the country . The captaincy general , while not a center of Spanish colonization like Mexico or Peru , was not a ...
... Bogotá . Further , Bogotá had great difficulty in maintaining effective control over the leaders in the other parts of the country . The captaincy general , while not a center of Spanish colonization like Mexico or Peru , was not a ...
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