The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Colombia , the crops depending on elevation . Potatoes , wheat , and other grains are grown at higher elevations , while maize ( corn ) is grown almost everywhere . Livestock raising is similarly scattered through the country , with ...
... Colombia , the crops depending on elevation . Potatoes , wheat , and other grains are grown at higher elevations , while maize ( corn ) is grown almost everywhere . Livestock raising is similarly scattered through the country , with ...
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... Colombia shares with Panama the only gap in the Pan American Highway , through the forbidding Darién swamps . Foreign Trade . Colombia's imports are predominantly raw materials and intermediate goods . Exports are led by coffee , coal ...
... Colombia shares with Panama the only gap in the Pan American Highway , through the forbidding Darién swamps . Foreign Trade . Colombia's imports are predominantly raw materials and intermediate goods . Exports are led by coffee , coal ...
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... Colombian government . COLOMBIA : Colony and Nationhood - Stability , Conflict ,. OC In 1538 , Bogotá was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . In 1549 a royal court ( audiencia ) was set up in Bogotá , and in 1564 the colony was ...
... Colombian government . COLOMBIA : Colony and Nationhood - Stability , Conflict ,. OC In 1538 , Bogotá was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . In 1549 a royal court ( audiencia ) was set up in Bogotá , and in 1564 the colony was ...
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