Portal:Colombia/Did you know

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... that Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier, is the oldest still functioning airline in the Americas, founded in 1919?

... that Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world (the most biodiverse per unit area) in terms of terrestrial ecosystems, and ranks first in birds and amphibia?

... that Bogotá has one of the most extensive dedicated Bike Paths Network of any city in the world with a total extension of 300 km?

... that there are more than one hundred universities in Bogotá alone, making it one of the cities with the largest number of higher education institutions in the world?

... that the ruler (zipa) of Bacatá, Nemequene installed a code with brutal punishments against criminal Muisca?

... that the first heart, lung, bone marrow, kidney, stem cell and intestine transplants in the world were made in Medellín, all of them successfully?