Topographie und Bevölkerungsdichte Kolumbiens
Von EstablishmentOne3438
Topographie und Bevölkerungsdichte Kolumbiens
Von EstablishmentOne3438
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Interesting when the mountainous areas are the more inhabited on a topographical map
Furthermore, Colombia’s Pacific coast is one of the rainiest places on Earth and as such, only about 2% of the country’s population lives there.
Kind of similar in Peru. Only 15% of the population lives in the Amazon rain forest even though it covers 60% of the territory.
Mind blowing
#PeopleLiveInMountains
* Spaniard settlers/colonizers/whatever you wanna call them built most cities away from the coasts to prevent pirate attacks (which did happen to the few cities on the coast).
* Cities are on semi-flat valley stretches on top of the mountains, which results in cooler temperatures.
* Indegenious/native american settlements were often on these valleys too and the spanish just set the cities where these the local people already were. Happened to Bogota and to Mexico City.
I kinda love the geographic layout of Colombia, with dat big valley(s) in the middle between multiple parallel ranges, and IIRC the multi-million capital city (Bogota) is in its own little valley. Pretty cool overall, gotta look more closely.
Colombian highlands have eternal spring seasons though.
Fun fact: The northern tip of Colombia is a desert. 🏜️ Contraintuitive, but true.
It always amazes me that the population distribution in South America is totally the opposite of that in South and Southeast Asia, where even if the climate is hot and humid people tend to live in low-elevation regions.
Ok can someone clarify once and for all, is it spelled COLOMBIA or COLUMBIA in English? I know in Spanish is Colombia but I am asking in English.