5 REGIONS OF COLOMBIA TO BE ENJOYED:
Colombia is a country of regions, it has a privileged location in the planet, as is in
between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and right on the equatorial zone.
The mountain range of the Andes traverse the country
from south to north divided in 3 different ranges, known as cordilleras.
It is one of
the few countries in the world to have coasts over 2 oceans, the Atlantic
and the Pacific.
And is also privileged to be one of the five countries
(Brazil, Venezuela, Perú, Ecuador and Colombia) that shares the Amazon rainforest.
It also has islands and sea territories in both the
Caribbean and the Pacific seas.
Because of this and many other factors, Colombia is the second country with more
biodiversity in the whole planet.
It is home to the most
variety of birds in the world and has all the climates, from very hot
temperatures to freezing, depending on the height of the region, if you go up
temperature drops, or, if you go down, temperature gets hotter. All year round.
There are no seasons, but dry or rainy months.
In the next lines you will know more about the 5
continental regions of Colombia and the Caribbean and Pacific Bonus of this splendorous country.
1- ANDEAN OR CENTRAL REGION:
This is the region that is located in the hills,
valleys and elevated plains of the triad that the Andes are converted when they
enter Colombia.
Here are the main cities, like Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, Medellín, Cali, Pasto, Pereira,
Manizales, Armenia, Bucaramanga, Neiva, Ibagué, Cúcuta, Bucaramanga, Tunja and
many other cities and towns.
This is where the main
part of the population lives and also houses the main economy motors of
Colombia.
It is characterized for its climate diversity due to
the thermic floors that were explained before. This is where the best coffee in
the world grows, and is home for the biggest variety of orchids as well as the
most moors in the entire planet earth. Many rivers are born in the region
including the Magdalena and the Cauca, 2 of the biggest of the Americas.
For tourism is spectacular as you can be in very modern cities and in just
minutes be in astonishing landscapes and beautiful rural áreas.
2- CARIBBEAN REGION:
This is the part of Colombia that limits to the north
and west with the Caribbean sea, to the east with the Andes mountains and to
the south with Panamá and the Darien Jungle.
The most important cities are: Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Ríohacha, Montería, Sincelejo
and Valledupar.
“La costa” as is known, is where the highest coastal
mountain range of the whole planet is located, La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, it is an isolated system of the
Andean mountains. Its summit is the Pico Bolívar, at 5775 meters over sea
level, that´s 18.947 feet.
This region has very fertile lands and beautiful landscapes.
The beaches are very nice and the sea
has a very comfortable temperature all year round.
Here is the so called, golden gate of Colombia,
Barranquilla, which is a very important urban hub. There is also Cartagena de Indias, the touristic jewel of
the country, which historic city and fortifications have been declared a world
heritage site by Unesco. You can find Santa Marta with the nearby Tayrona natural park, one of the
National parks of Colombia.
There is also the Guajira, where the desert and the
sea touch each other. You can go to Valledupar with astonishing views of nature
and the region of the “sabanas de Bolívar where Montería and Sincelejo are
located.
The people that lives in the Caribbean region are very
happy and spontaneous. You can have a glimpse of how they are at novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude, the
masterpiece of the Nobel prize literature recipient, Gabriel García Márquez, born and raised in these lands, where his
utopic town of Macondo, lives forever.
3- PACIFIC REGION:
This region limits to the north with Panamá and the
Darien Jungle, west with the coast of the Pacific sea and east with the Andes
mountains.
The main characteristic it’s the rainforest jungle
that is home to a huge amount of
biodiversity, from unique frogs, to colorful birds, reptiles, mammals, trees
and rivers full of fishes and also whales that come here to breed every year in
the coast of the sea.
The population
here is mainly of African descent and also indigenous. These inhabitants
maintain ancestral cultural traditions, that are another asset for this wonderful
land.
The principal port of Colombia is Buenaventura and
there are exotic touristic places all along this wide region.
4- ORINOQUÍA
REGION:
It is located over an inmense plateau east of the
Andes. It goes all the way to the frontier with Venezuela that is marked by the
riverway of the Orinoco.
The main city is Villavicencio. This region produces food
in huge amounts. The fertile lands and
the surplus of abundant water make of the llanos the principal supplier of food
and meat for Colombia and for export.
It is a producer of oil and natural gas and has
reserves of other mineral products like coltan.
The landscape
of the llanos is like a sea, but of green color. The amount of biodiversity
is immense, all kinds of animals and plants make home here, and if you are a
nature lover this is a another great place to be in.
One of the main attractions is Caño Cristales, the river of the 7 colors; this natural phenomenon
is produced by plants that make the water change the colors. It has recently
been opened for tourism, due to the end of the armed conflict in Colombia.
5- AMAZON REGION:
This is the region that has a wide frontier to the
north with the Orinoquía, to the west with the Andes, to the east with Venezuela
and Brazil and to the south with Perú and Ecuador.
It is a world biosphere
reserve. Besides the Amazon river has also many rivers that cross it all
along a tropical humid jungle.
It is home of indigenous
tribes who share this magnificent rainforest with many animals and plants.
The main city of this vast and virgin region is the
port over the Amazon river, Leticia.
6- BONUS, INSULAR TERRITORIES:
Colombia has islands over the Caribbean sea and the
Pacific Ocean.
In the Caribbean the San Andrés and Providencia Islands and the keys of Roncador and
Quitasueño are located over the coral national park Seaflower, which is also a
world biosphere reserve.
Also there are islands in front of Cartagena, the
islas del Rosario and the islands located in the Golfo de Morrosquillo which
are named Islas de San Bernardo.
On the Pacific Ocean there is Malpelo and Gorgona which are also national park. In this reserve
there are whales and many kinds of fishes and sea life.
This is the beautiful
Colombia, a country you have to know because of many reasons, including the
ones that I told you in this blog.
Have a great time, and come to Colombia.
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Remember, traveling
makes you a better person.
Journalist:
Néstor Meléndez Soler
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