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Question on classes and regions (NOT ESTRATAS)

Please, no discussion of estratas here - we already have a topic thread for that :(

I recently (maybe here) read the following statement:

Colomiba is a nation of 4 distinct regions and 6 distinct classes.

-Can anyone provide info on the regions, there names, locations relationship to each other or to other data?

-Can anyone provide info on the classes, their names, their relationships to each other, relationships with a class, how they are used/identified?

Thanks!

By flaleo on Jun 25, 2005, 09:19 in Friendly Talkzone.

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jun 25, 2005, 09:31:

What you mean by region, you mean like the region Andina,Caribe, and so on, because if are those ones and then they are not 4 they're 5

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flaleo says on Jun 25, 2005, 09:48:

I don't know what is meant - that is the question:

What is meant by the recent statement I have read (possibly here) that "Colombia has 4 distinct regions?"

Offering the info that their are 5, or what each is by name, or how they're related would be the type of info I'm looking for.

Thanks.

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juanalejo says on Jun 25, 2005, 11:10:

5 Regions The 5 Colombian regions are Andean, Caribbean, Pacific, Orinioquia and Amazonia.

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poco says on Jun 25, 2005, 11:59:

The truth is out there Read this. Good bed time material. Print it out, you will go to sleep a minimum of 5 nights before finishing.

http://countrystudies.us/colombia/

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Gator says on Jun 25, 2005, 12:09:

The Six Regions Are... Amazonía, Andina, Caribe, Insular( Caribe i.e.San Andres, et al. Pacifico i.e Gorgon, et. al), Orinnoquía and Pacífico. Not sure what you mean by classes? Social, economic, racial??

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Rubiazo says on Jun 25, 2005, 12:31:

What about the coffee region Doesnt that make it six??

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sandramoreno80 says on Jun 25, 2005, 14:47:

Zona cafetera would be part of the region andina.

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litost says on Jun 25, 2005, 17:36:

There is no such thing as "6 distinct classes" in Colombia, although it wouldn't suprise me if some study or paper came up with such a ridiculous classification. No cast system in Colombia, you just got about half the population that's poor, something like a middle class which makes up about the other 40%, and 10% rich lucky modefoques.

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utopiacowboy says on Jun 25, 2005, 22:52:

And then there's our modefoque (Elmo) who's in a class all by himself.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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