What do People from Colombia S.A. Celebrate July 20th?

What do people from Colombia S.A. Celebrate July 20th?

July 20th is Colombia’s Independence Day celebration.

July 20th People from Colombia Celebrate Independence day, like many other countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of the liberation from a colonial ruler.

July 20th is a National Holiday in Colombia; Colombians celebrate their independence and formation of its first representative council against Spanish rule in 1810. Colombia is celebrating 203 years of Independence. For more historical information regarding the liberation of Colombia click here.

July 20th Colombians in Colombia and around the world celebrate their independence with parades, parties and traditions food, like a Bandeja Paisa, Ajiaco,  Asado,  Agardiente , traditional dances, fireworks,  and family activities.

DID YOU KNOW

Colombians in the United States:

Colombians are the seventh largest population of Hispanic living in the United States, with a population reaching over 800,000. Colombians are the Largest South American Ethnic group in the United States.

What is the Oldest Democracy in Latin America?

Colombia since 1810

What was the Great Colombia “Gran Colombia”:

Between 1819 and 1831, it was a Republic composed by much of North South America and Central America. Territory that included what is known today as Colombia, Venezuela , Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru, Western Guyana, Northwest Brazil. Panama was separated from Colombia in 1903. The Great Colombia territory corresponded in great part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, also claiming the Caribbean Cost of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, the Mosquito Coast and Guayana Esequiba in Guayana.

Panama was part of Colombia’s Territory:

Yes it was, the separation of Panama from Colombia’s territory was formalized in 1903 with the establishment of the Republic of Panama from the Republic of Colombia’s Department of Panama

What is the meaning of the Colombian Flag?

The Colombian flag as we see it today was adopted in 1861. The yellow represents the gold found in the land, the Blue represents Colombian shores, Colombia is the only country in South America that borders two oceans; the Red represents the blood spilled on the battleground by the heroes that gained Colombia’s freedom.

I am proud to have been born in Colombia "Feliz 20 de Julio" to all Colombian's, and Colombian's at hart