Political Aspects Colombia declared independence from Spain on the 20th of July of 1810 and was recognized as independent country on the 7th of August of 1819.
Political transformations
1819 Gran Colombia 1830 Republic of New Granada 1858 Granadine Confederation 1863 United States of Colombia 1886 Republic of Colombia Since then, the country is a unitary constitutional republic. It is composed by 32 regions also known as departments. Its government is composed by three powers: Executive, Legislative and Judicial (President, Vice-president, Congress, Senate, Chamber of Representatives and Judicial Courts).28
Economical Aspects
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The primary sector of the country’s economy is based on native products. Colombia is a big exporter of natural resources. Presently Colombia’s main export percentages are manufactured goods (41.32%), petroleum (28.28%), coal (13.17%), and coffee (6.25%). The most representative agricultural products are: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables, and others. Regarding Industry, the most representative products are: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement, gold, coal, emeralds. Historically Colombia was an agrarian economy, however in the second half of the twentieth century the main cit28 http://data.worldbank.org/country/colombia
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