According to allcitycodes.com, Cartagena is located in the northwest of Colombia. This port city has the same name as Cartagena in Spain in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. That is no coincidence, because the Colombian version is named after the Spanish Cartagena. It is therefore also called ‘Cartagena de Indias’. The city has more…
Category: South America
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General Information about Guyana
The official name is Cooperative Republic of Guyana. It is located in the northeast of South America, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The area is 215 thousand km2, the population is 749 thousand people. (census 2002). The official language is English. The capital is Georgetown (248.5 thousand people). Public holidays – Independence Day…
General Information about Brazil
The official name is the Federative Republic of Brazil (Republica Federative, do Brasil). Located in eastern and central South America. The area is 8512 thousand km2. Population 176.5 million people. (2002). The official language is Portuguese. The capital is the city of Brasilia (2.1 million people, 2000). Public holiday – Independence Day September 7 (since…
General Information about Argentina
The official name is the Argentine Republic (Republica Arqentina). Located in the southeastern part of South America. The area is 2766 thousand km2, the population is 37.9 million people. (2002). The official language is Spanish. The capital is Buenos Aires (13 million people, 2001). National holiday – Revolution Day May 25 (1810). The monetary unit…
History of Peru
In the Puno zone around Lake Titicaca, the ancient Huari and Tiwanaku cultures developed. In the 3rd – con. 2nd millennium BC large settlements and temples on platforms were built on the coast. Maritime civilizations developed here, the most famous of which was the Mochica culture. In the mountain valleys, the Chavin culture underwent a…
Brazil in the 21st Century
Brazil. – At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the political activism of Brazil on the international scene, characteristic of the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), was confirmed in the choices of the new president Dilma Rousseff, in office since January 2011. The prestige acquired by Brazil in…
Argentina in the 21st Century
At the turn of the 21st century, Argentina was going through a profound crisis: he saw the political and economic model which, launched in 1989 by the President of the Republic, the Peronist C. Menem, had characterized the country for about a decade, shattered. It was a neoliberal model supported by the great economic and financial…
Bolivia Geography, Arts, and Music
South American state. It borders to the North and E with Brazil, to the West with Peru and Chile, to the South with Argentina, to the SE with Paraguay. Physical characteristics The territory of Bolivia is formed by an elevated region in O and a low E. The western part, section of the Andean system,…
Brazil Agriculture
The importance of agriculture has been decreasing continuously since the middle of the 20th century. Their share of GDP is (2016) only 5.5%; the share of those employed in this area fell from two thirds (1949) to 10.2% over the same period. The production potential of agriculture is very large. The total area of the…
Traveling in Falkland Islands
Visitors to the Falkland Islands mostly come from cruise or expedition ships and usually only stay a few hours in the settlements on East or West Falkland. Stanley is often part of the travel program. Half a day is enough for a first impression of the capital, but there is almost never enough time for…
Falkland Islands Geography and Climate
The Falkland Islands, which politically belong to Great Britain, are located in the southern Atlantic. The islands became known to many people in 1982 when Argentina claimed the islands by military force, thus provoking the Falklands War, which was ultimately won by Great Britain. In the meantime, the situation around the islands has calmed down…
How to Get to the Falkland Islands
Airplane: Flights to the Falkland Islands are only available from Great Britain (Royal Air Force) and Chile. Information on flights can be obtained from the Falkland Islands Development Corporation. British Airways and LanChile fly from London Gatwick International Airport to Santiago in Chile. Once a week, on Saturday, LanChile flies to Punta Arenas in Chile…
Travel to Bolivia
Bolivia is sometimes called Latin Tibet, because a large part of the country is relatively isolated high up in the Andes. Bolivia is the least developed country in South America, but in return has great natural riches, charming cities, highly living traditions and a population that is fifty percent made up of Indians. Bolivia’s capital…
Paraguay Territory
TERRITORY: MORPHOLOGY According to findjobdescriptions, the Paraguayan territory occupies the northern section of the great Platense lowland which separates the ancient plateaus of Brazil from Andean South America. The most important geographical element of the country, so much so as to give it its name, is the Río Paraguay, a vital axis both for communications…
Argentina Country Overview
History The numerous Indian tribes that populated the country did not yet have a high culture when the Spanish conquerors invaded Argentina. Argentina was also incorporated into what was then the viceroyalty of Peru, but then tried to free itself from this violent union through its own viceroyalty of Buenos Aires with independent administration. In…
Puno, Peru Travel Guide
The amazing city of Punu was founded in the year 1668, by the then viceroy with the long name; Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro. Puno used to have as long names as its founder, when it was once the capital of the Paucarcolla region. Today, the city houses 149,064 inhabitants and is an important agricultural…