Its five rooms contain a small collection of pre-Columbian pottery left behind by the major cultures from central and southern Colombia.

This is the largest fresh water lake in central Colombia and is also an important tourist attraction.

It is found in wet montane forest habitats in central Colombia.

One of three subspecies, it was found in central Colombia but became extinct in the 1950s, being last seen in 1952.

Indeed, children as young as 5 in this mountainous region of central Colombia often accompany their parents to the gold mines.

Here in central Colombia's mountains, though, the threat of violence has ebbed.

Tunja has a population of approximately 160,000 inhabitants and is located in north central Colombia.

The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia to central Bolivia.

It is traditional to the Tolima Department in central Colombia.

But this coffee-growing region tucked into the mountains of central Colombia has rarely known violence.