coast and the deep Patiia and Magdalena river valleys are torrid, with mean annual temperatures

of 75°̊ to 80°̊ F. From about 1500 to 7500 ft the climate is subtropical, and from about 7500 to

10,000 ft it is temperate. Above about 10,000 ft is the cold-climate zone, where temperatures

range from 0°̊ to 55°̊ F. The average January and July temperatures in Bogotaa are 58°̊ F and

57°̊ F, respectively. The averages for the same months in Barranquilla are 80°̊ F and 82°̊ F.

Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific

coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotaa the annual rainfall averages about 40 in, and in

Barranquilla it averages about 32 in. Dry weather prevails on the slopes of the Eastern Cordillera.

Government Colombia has a Republican form of government. Colombia has a president who is

elected by popular vote. He is chosen by any man or woman 18 years or older. The president can

serve one four year term. He appoints a cabinet which has to be approved by congress. Congress

is composed of a House of Representatives (199 members) an

insurrection and banditry broke out, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives by 1958. Laureano

the country, three Andean ranges run north and south, merging into one at the Ecuadorean

Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and Ecuador in the Republic of Greater Colombia (1819--30),

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