Colombia MapDetailed Colombia map with borders The capital Bogota lies in a fairly central location in the Eastern Cordillera, with Medellin to the North East and Cali to the South. The three largest Colombian cities form a triangle and are all in the Andes mountains. Bogota at 2600m, Medellin 1500m and Cali at 1000 meter above sea level. Cartagena is to the North along the coast.
Colombia is strategically located at the tip of South America, separated by swamps on the border to Panama that once belonged to Colombia. The country also has the privilege of long coastlines both on the Pacific and Atlantic sides, usually referred to as Caribbean. Map of Colombia within a South American and global context. 
You can see that Colombia is a relatively large, being the 5th largest in Latin America. Map of South America The equator runs through the Southern part of the country which seems to surprise a lot of people, presumably because of associations with the climate of Bogota perhaps, which is decidedly cooler than you'd expect at this latitude. You can see from the map below that the Amazon Basic does in fact cross the border into Colombia that is host to 20% of the well know and vital ecosystem. Colombia does in fact boast the second largest biodiversity in the world, after Brazil. 
The Andes Mountains run from the South to the North and split off into two sections (Cordilleras), the Eastern one through Bogota and all the way up to the Caribbean where the Sierra Nevada marks the end of the chain with an impressive altitude of 5700 meters above sea level.The Western Cordillera, runs through Medellin and then taper off as you approach the coastline to the North.
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