| The of Colombia has been promoted in recent years | It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometres 440,831 sq mi , with a population of 50 million |
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| Spanish led an expedition to the interior in April 1536, and christened the districts through which he passed "" | The legislative branch of government is represented nationally by the , a bicameral institution comprising a 166-seat and a 102-seat |
Members of both houses are elected to serve four-year terms two months before the president, also by popular vote.
10| Colombia shows modest progress in the struggle to defend human rights, as expressed by | The in 1948 Soon after, Colombia achieved some degree of political stability, which was interrupted by a bloody conflict that took place between the late 1940s and the early 1950s, a period known as "The Violence" |
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| Important inventions related to medicine have been made in Colombia, such as the first , invented by the electronics engineer , invention of great importance for those who suffer from heart failure | The average national in 2017 was 9 |
Simón Bolívar became the first , and Francisco de Paula Santander was made.
24| The populations of the major cities also include mestizos | The increasing violence and human rights abuses of the 1970s and 1980s led him to fight for social justice in his community |
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| Marcelino Arroyo, and Domingo de Petrés were great representatives of | Started in 1783, this became known as the |
وتحدها البيرو من الجهة الجنوبية.
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