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iShopMixup. iShop and Mixup are two retail store chains forming Promotora Musical, S.A. de C.V. (more commonly known as iShopMixup): [2] iShop sells electronics and Mixup sells music in stores across Mexico, some of which are joint. iShop specializes in Apple products and is an official Apple Premium reseller.
Bogotá, Capital of Colombia. Medellín. Cali. Barranquilla. Cartagena. Cúcuta. Santa Marta. This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census. A city is displayed in bold if it is a capital city of a department .
Núñez spent the longest time in office with 10 years, 5 months, and 17 days, but having only spent 2 years, 1 month, and 11 days as the elected president of Colombia before his death. The longest serving elected president was Álvaro Uribe Vélez with 8 years between 2002 and 2010 having been re-elected for a second term in 2006.
Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two administrative divisions referred to as departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and one Capital District ( Distrito Capital ). [1] Each department has a governor ( gobernador) and an Assembly ( Asamblea Departamental ), elected by popular vote for a four-year period.
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
The Colombian peso ( sign: $; code: COP) is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP. The official peso symbol is $, with Col$. [1] also being used to distinguish it from other peso - and dollar -denominated currencies. One peso is divided one hundred centavos; however, because of high inflation in the 1970s and 1980s, Colombia ceased ...
Airports. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. / 7.81167°N 76.71639°W / 7.81167; -76.71639 ( Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport (Apartadó)) / 7.06917°N 70.73694°W / 7.06917; -70.73694 ( Santiago Pérez Airport (Arauca))
In the 18th century, practicing Spanish and Portuguese Jews came from Jamaica and Curaçao, where they had flourished under English and Dutch rule. These Jews started practicing their religion openly in Colombia at the end of the 18th century, although it was not officially legal to do so, given the established Catholic Church.