SOUTH AMERICA

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Northern South America

A

Lesser
Gulf
of
Rohacha
Coro
Venezuela
Santa Marta
Maicao
Barranquilla
CARACAS
Maracaibo
Valledupar
Cartagena
Maracay
Cabimas

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A pu

A rau c a
Bucaramanga
Barrancaberneja

Bello
Medelln

Itag

Quibd

PA C I F I C

Valencia
Acarigua
Valera
Juan
Mrida Guanare de losSan
Morros
an
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r
e
Barinas
Ccuta
L
San Cristbal
Gu

Ciudad Ojeda
Lago de Barquisimeto
Maracaibo

Sincelejo
Montera

AMA
AN

36

Caribbean
Sea

eta

OCE

Neiva

Equator

Portoviejo
Guayaquil
Golfo de
Guayaquil

Ambato
Riobamba
Milagro

Cuenca
Machala
Loja

U
EC

P ER U

Ne

qu

et

P u t u mayo

Nestling between snow capped

peaks, at 9350 ft (2850 m)
Quito is the second highest
capital in the world.

The first coffee

seedlings were
brought to
Colombia in
1804 by Jesuit
missionaries;
today, Colombia
produces over
700,000 tons
(tonnes) of
coffee beans
every year.

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Ca

Manta

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OR

Santo Domingo
de los Colorados

ari

Mit

QUITO

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A gu

Tulcn

Ibarra

ia r

Florencia
Mocoa

Pasto
Esmeraldas

San Jos
del Guaviare

A
G uav

Popayn

VENE

Puerto Carreo

Yopal

Manizales
Pereira
BOGOT
AN
Armenia
Ibagu
Buenaventura
Villavicencio
Cali

San Fernando

re

Arauca

Tunja