Colombian Culture, Economy and Society

Economy and Society

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  1. Which drink is Colombia best known for exporting?
  2. Which institution, founded in 1927, represents Colombian coffee growers?
  3. Which gems, mined at Muzo in Boyaca, are Colombia's most famous stones?
  4. Which large open-pit mine in La Guajira, one of the largest in the world, produces coal?
  5. Which institution, founded in 1923, issues the Colombian peso?
  6. Which metro system opened in 1995 as the first in Colombia?
  7. Which bus rapid transit system of Bogota opened in 2000?
  8. Which weekly event, begun in 1974, closes main streets of Bogota to cars on Sundays?
  9. Which airline, founded in 1919 as SCADTA, is one of the oldest in the world?
  10. How many socioeconomic strata are used in Colombia to set prices of utilities?
  11. Which trade group formed in 2011 includes Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru?
  12. Which public university, founded in 1867, is the largest in Colombia?
  13. Which Colombian cities form the industrial triangle with Bogota?
  14. Which oil pipeline carries oil from Cano Limon to the Caribbean coast?
  15. Which year did the Medellin Metro open?
  16. Which port of the Caribbean is the second most important after Cartagena?
  17. Which Colombian city is the capital of the coffee department of Caldas?
  18. Which crop do greenhouses near Bogota grow mainly for export?
  19. Which event of December 1928 in Cienaga, Magdalena, involved workers of a United States banana company?
  20. Under the six-level strata system, which strata pay a surcharge that helps subsidise the lower ones?
  21. Which state oil company was created in 1951 after the Mares concession reverted to the nation?
  22. Which regional bloc, founded in 1969 by the Cartagena Agreement, includes Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru?
  23. Which currency does Colombia use, divided into 100 centavos?
  24. Which list orders these Colombian institutions by founding date, earliest first?
  25. The first Ciclovia in Bogota was in 1974 and the Medellin Metro opened in 1995. How many years later was the metro?

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