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Roman Catholic 90%

      Languages: Spanish

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 91.3%

      male: 91.2%

      female: 91.4% (1995 est.)

      Colombia Government

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Colombia

      conventional short form: Colombia

      local long form: Republica de Colombia

      local short form: Colombia

      Government type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure

      Capital: Bogota

      Administrative divisions: 32 departments (departamentos, singular -

       departamento) and 1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas,

       Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta,

       Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia,

       Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de

       Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia,

       Distrito Capital de Santa Fe de Bogota*, Santander, Sucre, Tolima,

       Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada

      Independence: 20 July 1810 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 20 July (1810)

      Constitution: 5 July 1991

      Legal system: based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted in 1992–93; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch: chief of state: President Andres PASTRANA (since 7 August 1998); Vice President Gustavo BELL Lemus (since 7 August 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

      head of government: President Andres PASTRANA (since 7 August 1998); Vice President Gustavo BELL Lemus (since 7 August 1998); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

      cabinet: Cabinet Cabinet consists of a coalition of the two dominant parties - the PL and PSC - and independents

      elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 31 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002); vice president elected by popular vote for a four-year term in a new procedure that replaces the traditional designation of vice presidents by newly elected presidents; election last held 31 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002)

      election results: no candidate received more than 50% of the total vote, therefore, a run-off election to select a president from the two leading candidates was held 21 June 1998; Andres PASTRANA elected president; percent of vote - 50.3%; Gustavo BELL elected vice president; percent of vote - 50.3%

      Legislative branch: bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or Senado (102 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (163 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

      elections: Senate - last held 8 March 1998 (next to be held NA March 2002); House of Representatives - last held 8 March 1998 (next to be held NA March 2002)

      election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PL 50%, PSC 24%, smaller parties (many aligned with conservatives) 26%; seats by party - PL 58, PSC 28, smaller parties 16; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PL 52%, PSC 17%, other 31%; seats by party - PL 98, PSC 52, indigenous parties 2, others 11

      Judicial branch: four, coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justical (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law, judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution, rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Higher Council of Justice (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; members of the disciplinary chamber resolve jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)

      Political parties and leaders: Conservative Party or PSC [Ciro

       RAMIREZ Anzon]; Liberal Party or PL [Luis Guillermo VELEZ];

       Patriotic Union or UP is a legal political party formed by

       Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC and Colombian

       Communist Party or PCC [Jaime CAICEDO]; 19 of April Movement or M-19

       [Antonio NAVARRO Wolff]

      Political pressure groups and leaders: two largest insurgent groups active in Colombia - National Liberation Army or ELN and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC; largest paramilitary group is United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia or AUC

      International organization participation: BCIE, CAN, Caricom (observer), CCC, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G- 3, G-11, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador

       Luis Alberto MORENO Mejia

      chancery: 2118 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

      telephone: [1] (202) 387–8338

      FAX: [1] (202) 232–8643

      consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Washington, DC

      consulate(s): Atlanta

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador

       Anne W. PATTERSON

      embassy: Calle 22D-BIS, numbers 47–51, Apartado Aereo 3831

      mailing address: Carrera 45 #22D-45, Bogota, D.C., APO AA 34038

      telephone: [57] (1) 315–0811

      FAX: [57] (1) 315–2197

      Flag description: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which

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