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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Peru-Bolivian Confederation | | | |  Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Colombia - FamilyThe family is, as it is with nearly all of Latin America, a highly imporant institution to Colombians. Members of the extended family are close and children rarely ever move far away from their parents. There is a deep sense of familial responsability that stretches through many generations.
Traditionally, Men were usually the head of the household. In charge of earning most of the family's income while women were responsible for cooking, housework and raising children. However, like in most cultures around the world, the dawn of the ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Colombia - Entertainment The Countries national sport is Soccer.
The traditional sport of bullfighting, brought to South America by the Spanish, remains popular in Colombia, bullfighting is normally to be seen in national festivals or in the bullfigthing season.
Baseball, has become a very popular game in the recent years, It is specially popular among the people from the coast and it is strongly promoted all around the country. One exam ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Ecuador - Women Women are generally responsible for the upbringing and care of children in Ecuador, and traditionally, men have taken a less active role in this area, though recently, this has begun to change, with many men doing housework and caring for children when women work away from home.
Girls must ask for permission before dating a boy alone. At 15, girls often have a quinceañera party, featuring a Cat ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Ecuador - Sports and Entertainment As with almost all of Latin America, Ecuadorians are ardent fútbol fans, and the national team has shown some successes in international tournaments of the sport in the last few years - for the first time in history it won a place in the World Cup Tournament (the 2002 event hosted by Japan and South Korea).
Alongside soccer, volleyball is also common, though it is played differently to Western volleyball. The ball is much heavier and there are only three players per team.
Bullfighting, a legacy of Spanish colonisation, is held annually at a large festival in Quito.
In athletics, Jefferson ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Colombia - Geography Colombia is the only country in South America to have both a Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. More than half of the country is flat, however most population live in the mountainous Andes region, with tall peaks and high plateaux a common site in the Colombian interior.
The Country is divine into five major regions: Los Llanos (Spanish: the plains), El Caribe (Spanish: the northern Caribbean coast), the eastern Pacific Ocean coast, the southern Amazon rainforest, and the central Andes. Each region has its distinct c ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Spare time Argentinians are commonly considered quite sociable and outgoing, and they view themselves this way too. A cultural survey found that the most important spare time activity for almost 80% of Argentinians is visiting friends and relatives. Playing team sports and attending sports venues is also quite common. For younger people, going out to dance is prevalent, while older ones prefer dining outside the home.
An example of sociability can be found during the annual celebration of Friend's Day on 20 July. This informal holiday originated ...
See also:Culture of Argentina, Culture of Argentina - Cinema and theater, Culture of Argentina - Music, Culture of Argentina - Sports, Culture of Argentina - Language, Culture of Argentina - Gastronomy, Culture of Argentina - Literature, Culture of Argentina - Spare time, Culture of Argentina - Reference Read more here: » Culture of Argentina: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Spare time |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Sports Argentines are extremely involved in sports. Fútbol (soccer) is more of a national obsession than a game. Argentina won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 and the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics for men's soccer, and the exploits of Diego Maradona have kept fans, paparazzi and columnists busy for the past 20 years. Tennis, rugby and field hockey are also important and Argentina won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for men's basketball. The great Formula One driver, Juan Manuel Fangio was Argentinian. The rich, heavily in ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Music The best-known element of Argentine culture is probably their music and dance, particularly tango. In modern Argentina, tango music is enjoyed in its own right, especially since the radical Astor Piazzolla redefined the music of Carlos Gardel. It must be noted that while tango refers mostly to a particular dancing music for foreigners, the music together with the lyrics (often sung in a kind of slang called lunfardo) a ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Language Argentina's official language is Spanish (here usually named castellano). Most Argentines live in the area of the Río de la Plata basin (which extends north from Buenos Aires along the Paraná River), and the dialect spoken in this area (Rioplatense Spanish) is also recognized in the rest of the country.
Most Argentines can understand standard spoken Italian and Portuguese, due to their relatedness with Spanish.
Some immigrant communities retain their language as a badge of identity, such as the Welsh community of Patag ...
See also:Culture of Argentina, Culture of Argentina - Cinema and theater, Culture of Argentina - Music, Culture of Argentina - Sports, Culture of Argentina - Language, Culture of Argentina - Gastronomy, Culture of Argentina - Literature, Culture of Argentina - Spare time, Culture of Argentina - Reference Read more here: » Culture of Argentina: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Language |
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| | | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Argentina - Literature In terms of literature, Argentina's most famous authors are Jorge Luis Borges, considered one of the greatest 20th century writers of the world (he wrote poems, short stories and non-fiction essays), Adolfo Bioy Casares and Julio Cortázar. Bioy Casares wrote some books in collaboration with Borges. Cortázar was voluntarily exiled in Europe during the rule of Juan Domingo Perón; Borges had problems with Peronism too, and saluted its fall in 1955 with joy, though he later became disillusioned with the mil ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Ecuador - Cuisine An Ecuadorian's day, at least as far as his or her diet is concerned, is centred around lunch, rather than dinner as in Western cultures.
There is no one food that is especially Ecuadorian, as cuisine varies from region to region of the country. For example, costeños (people from the coast) prefer fish, beans and plantains(unripened banana like fruits), while serranos from the mounta ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Ecuador - Language Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish, though many speak Amerindian languages such as Kichwa, the Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua. Other Amerindian languages spoken in Ecuador include Awapit (spoken by the Awa), A'ingae (spoken by the Cofan), Shuar Chicham (spoken by the Shuar), Achuar-Shiwiar (spoken by the Achuar and the Shiwiar), Cha'palaachi (spoken by the Chachi), Tsa'fiki (spoken by the Tsa'chila), Paicoca (spoken by the Siona and ...
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Ecuador - Geographical regions Ecuador is divided into three continental regions--the Costa, Sierra, and Oriente--and one insular region--the Galápagos Islands. The continental regions extend the length of the country from north to south and are separated by the Andes Mountains. The Galápagos Islands, officially called the Archipiélago de Colón, are located 1,000 kilometers west of the Ecuadorian coast within 1 south of the equator.
Geography of Ecuador - Galápagos Islands.
An island archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 km west of the mainland; famed for the studies by Charles Darwin that le ...
See also:Geography of Ecuador, Geography of Ecuador - Area, Geography of Ecuador - Land boundaries, Geography of Ecuador - Maritime claims, Geography of Ecuador - Cities, Geography of Ecuador - Geographical regions, Geography of Ecuador - Galápagos Islands, Geography of Ecuador - La Costa the coast, Geography of Ecuador - La Sierra the highlands, Geography of Ecuador - El Oriente the East, Geography of Ecuador - Drainage, Geography of Ecuador - Climate, Geography of Ecuador - Elevation extremes, Geography of Ecuador - Natural resources, Geography of Ecuador - Land use, Geography of Ecuador - Irrigated land, Geography of Ecuador - Natural hazards, Geography of Ecuador - Environment - current issues, Geography of Ecuador - Environment - international agreements, Geography of Ecuador - Geography - note, Geography of Ecuador - Sources Read more here: » Geography of Ecuador: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Ecuador - Geographical regions |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Colombia - Rivers and Lakes Colombia have four main drainage systems: the Pacific drain, the Caribbean drain, the Orinoco Basin and the Amazon Basin.
The Orinoco and Amazon Rivers mark limits with Colombia to Venezuela and Peru respectively.
Geography of Colombia - Rivers confined to Colombia.
Atrato
Cauca
Magdalena
Nechí
Sinú
Baudó
Patía
San Juan
Guaviare
Inírida
Meta
Vichada
Apaporis ...
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| | | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Ecuador - Land use
Geography of Ecuador - Irrigated land.
5,560 km² (1994 est.)
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See also:Geography of Ecuador, Geography of Ecuador - Area, Geography of Ecuador - Land boundaries, Geography of Ecuador - Maritime claims, Geography of Ecuador - Cities, Geography of Ecuador - Geographical regions, Geography of Ecuador - Galápagos Islands, Geography of Ecuador - La Costa the coast, Geography of Ecuador - La Sierra the highlands, Geography of Ecuador - El Oriente the East, Geography of Ecuador - Drainage, Geography of Ecuador - Climate, Geography of Ecuador - Elevation extremes, Geography of Ecuador - Natural resources, Geography of Ecuador - Land use, Geography of Ecuador - Irrigated land, Geography of Ecuador - Natural hazards, Geography of Ecuador - Environment - current issues, Geography of Ecuador - Environment - international agreements, Geography of Ecuador - Geography - note, Geography of Ecuador - Sources Read more here: » Geography of Ecuador: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Ecuador - Land use |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Guyana - Hydrology Guyana is a water-rich country. The numerous rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean, generally in a northward direction. A number of rivers in the western part of the country, however, flow eastward into the Essequibo River, draining the Kaieteur Plateau. The Essequibo, the country's major river, runs from the Brazilian border in the south to a wide delta west of Georgetown. The rivers of eastern Guyana cut across the coastal zone, making east-west travel difficult, but they also provide limited water access to the interior. Waterfalls generall ...
See also:Geography of Guyana, Geography of Guyana - Terrain, Geography of Guyana - Hydrology, Geography of Guyana - Climate, Geography of Guyana - Facts, Geography of Guyana - Sources Read more here: » Geography of Guyana: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Guyana - Hydrology |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Colombia - Facts Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama
Geographic coordinates: 4 00 N, 72 00 W
Map references: South America
Area: total: 1,138,910 sq km land: 1,038,700 sq km water: 100,210 sq km note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank
Area - comparative: slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Land boundaries: total: 6,004 km
border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 2 ...
See also:Geography of Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Geographic regions, Geography of Colombia - Andean Highlands, Geography of Colombia - Caribbean Lowlands, Geography of Colombia - Pacific Lowlands, Geography of Colombia - Eastern Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Climate, Geography of Colombia - Relief, Geography of Colombia - Facts, Geography of Colombia - Rivers and Lakes, Geography of Colombia - Rivers confined to Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Rivers originated in Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Lakes, Geography of Colombia - Sources Read more here: » Geography of Colombia: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Colombia - Facts |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Colombia - Relief The Andes range is located in Colombia from Southwest (Ecuador boarder) toward Northeast (Venezuela boarder) and is divided in the Colombian Massif (Macizo Colombiano) in three ranges (East Range, Centre Range and West Range) that form two long valleys, Magdalena and Cauca follow by the rivers of the same name.
The eastern half of Colombia, comprising more than half its territory, is plain and composed by savanna and rainforest, crossed by rivers belonging to the Amazon and Orinoco basins. The northern part, called "Los Llanos" is a s ...
See also:Geography of Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Geographic regions, Geography of Colombia - Andean Highlands, Geography of Colombia - Caribbean Lowlands, Geography of Colombia - Pacific Lowlands, Geography of Colombia - Eastern Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Climate, Geography of Colombia - Relief, Geography of Colombia - Facts, Geography of Colombia - Rivers and Lakes, Geography of Colombia - Rivers confined to Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Rivers originated in Colombia, Geography of Colombia - Lakes, Geography of Colombia - Sources Read more here: » Geography of Colombia: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Colombia - Relief |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Demographics of Venezuela - Background and overview Venezuela's peoples are descended primarily from forebearers of Venezuelan indigenous, African, and European heritage. Although the Castillian dialect of the Spanish language is the official language, there are spoken numerous indigenous languages. Some 85% of the Venezuelan population currently resides in the urban conglomerations (Caracas, Valencia (Venezuela), Maracaibo, et cetera) that are concentrated in Venezuela's northern coastal mountain strip. Nearly half of Venezuela's geographic area lies south of the Orinoco River ...
See also:Demographics of Venezuela, Demographics of Venezuela - Background and overview, Demographics of Venezuela - Population, Demographics of Venezuela - Overview, Demographics of Venezuela - Total population, Demographics of Venezuela - Life expectancy at birth, Demographics of Venezuela - Population growth rate, Demographics of Venezuela - Birth and death rates, Demographics of Venezuela - Total fertility rate, Demographics of Venezuela - Infant mortality rate, Demographics of Venezuela - Age structure, Demographics of Venezuela - Sex ratio, Demographics of Venezuela - Net emigration rate, Demographics of Venezuela - Literacy and education, Demographics of Venezuela - Ethnic and religious affiliations, Demographics of Venezuela - Ethnic affiliation, Demographics of Venezuela - Religious affiliation Read more here: » Demographics of Venezuela: Encyclopedia II - Demographics of Venezuela - Background and overview |
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| | | | | Peru-Bolivian Confederation: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Ecuador - Art and Literature Graffiti is integral to the urban culture of Quito. Nearly every wall of the city is covered in it, leading to the rise of the saying "No wall is blank in Quito". Graffiti is usually artistic or political, and often poetic. There is so much graffiti that politicians often quote what is written on Quito's walls!
Music is very important in Ecuador, with pan pipes, flutes of bamboo, violins, drums and charangos all played often. Popular tunes played at fiestas include "Rosa Maria" and "El Con ...
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