Colombia

Colombia, South America ke ek des hae. Ii South America ke North-West me hae aur iske area 1,141,748 km² (440,839 sq mi) hae. Ii khaali ek South American des hae jiske coast duuno Pacific Ocean aur Atlantic Ocean pe hae. Iske puura naam Spanish me República de Colombia hae (English: "Republic of Colombia"). 
Colombia ke east me Venezuela, south-east me Brazil, south me Peru, south-west me Ecuador aur west me Panama hae. 

 Naam 
"Colombia" naam, Italian navigator Christopher Columbus ke aakhri naam se aais hae. Ii naam ke puura  ""New World ke dewa gais rahaa. Ii naam ke 1819 me  Republic of Colombia apnais rahaa, jon banaa rahaa puraana Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, and northwest Brazil) territories se.

Jab Venezuela, Ecuador, aur Cundinamarca ajaad bhais rahaa, tab pahile waala Department of Cundinamarca,  "Republic of New Granada" ke naam ke adopt karis rahaa. 1858 me New Granada officially aapan naam ke badal ke  Granadine Confederation karis. 1863 me ii naam ke fir se badal ke  United States of Colombia kar dewa gais rahaa, aur aakhri me, 1886 me abhi ke naam – the Republic of Colombia –  dewa gais rahaa.

Columbia ke sarkar ii des ke   and  bole hae.

 References 

 Bibliography 
 RODAS, Albeiro, Bogotá, the Gate and Hall of South America , Colombia Passport: Economics, Society and Culture in Colombia, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, 2007.


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