COUNTRY FACTS

 

Population:

36,813,161 (1996)

 

Location:

Northwest corner of South America ( Bordering Panama in the north, Venezuela and Brazil in the east and Peru and Ecuador in the south)

 

Area:

440,000 sq. mi (1,144,000 sq. km)

 

Language:

Spanish

 

Literacy:

81%

 

Compulsory Education:

9 years

 

Currency:

Peso

 

Source:  World Fact Book, 1996 (CIA)

This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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