Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea; and to the west by Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean. Including its Caribbean islands, it lies between latitudes 14°N and 5°S, and longitudes 66° and 82°W
Colombia is ethnically differing, and the cooperation between relatives of the first local occupants, Spanish pioneers, Africans initially conveyed to the nation as slaves, and twentieth century workers from Europe and the Middle East, has created a rich social legacy. This has additionally been impacted by Colombia's fluctuated geology