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Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

MAIN HEALTH RISKS
- All rural areas situated under 1 800 meters altitude are malaria infected. The strains present in the country are resistant to chloroquine.
- Dengue fever is present in the country.
- Yellow fever is endemic in the Magdalena valley, the eastern Cordillera, the Uraba region, the Orinoco, Amazonia and the Sierra Nevada.
- People who suffer from respiratory or heart illnesses, or high blood pressure may be affected by altitude sickness.
- Tuberculosis is common in the country.
- Rabies exists in the country.
- Diarrheic illnesses are widespread.

Systematically:
- Hepatitis A: for persons born before 1945, who spent their childhood in a developing country, or who have a medical history of icterus, a prior testing for serum antibodies (Ig  G) may avoid an unnecessary vaccination. Hepatitis B.
- Diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis.

For further information on sanitary conditions

Health Information for Travelers to Colombia.

For further information on safety conditions

Contacter votre ambassade

Emergency numbers

All types of emergencies in Bogota	123
Fire	119
National Red Cross	141
Police	112

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Bogotá (GMT-5 )

Summer time period

The summer and winter seasons merge.

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

Colombia only has two seasons; summer corresponds to the dry season (December - January and July - August) and winter to the rainy season (April - May and October - November). The climate varies according to region and altitude with a relative stability of temperatures all year round. From the humid tropical climate of Amazonia or the Caribbean, the desert climate of Guajija, to the glacial temperatures of the Paramos (more than 3 000 meters altitude), Colombia offers all variations of climate and temperature, to their very extremes. The average temperature is from 25°C to 35°C in the country. There are 12 hours of daylight a day.

For further information

Colombian system of environmental information

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

National Office of Tourism

To find an apartment

Real estate rental website "Metrocuadrado"
Directory real estate announcements

To find a job

El empleo - The employment
Computrabajo - Computerwork

Communications

Telephone codes

To call in Colombia from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) To call a landline: +57 then the department code and the 7 figure telephone number. To call a mobile phone: +57 then the number of the mobile phone..
To call Tunisia from Colombia, dial 005, 007 or 009 (ou +) 216.

Mobile telephone standards

Internet suffix

.co

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Last updates: February 2012