Did you know?

That Great Colombia, today is the name used for the Republic of Colombia for the period 1819-1831 which consisted of the current Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and some parts of Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil and Guyana? That Colombia was the first independent country who allowed women to vote, in 1853 in Vélez Santander, women were granted the right to vote. This right was abolished in 1857 and re-established in 1957? That Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier, is the oldest still functioning airline in the Americas, founded in 1919? That Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world (the most biodiverse per unit area), and ranks first in birds and amphibia? That Bogotá has one of the most extensive dedicated Bike Paths Network of any city in the world with a total extension of 300 km? That there are more than one hundred universities in Bogotá alone, making it one of the cities with the largest number of higher education institutions in the world? Is the oldest Democracy of Latin America? That the Colombia tribe the Kogis is said to be the oldest tribe in the world? That Colombia had the largest peace march of 11 million people, it was in 1997 against the Guerillas. That Colombia has 3 times more water per square meter than the Latin American average and 6 times more that the world average?