Power Planning in Colombia

A map of Colombia, a country located in the northern part of South America, is shown. With an extension of almost 1.4 million square kilometers, most of its 19.0 million inhabitants; live in the central and western regions while almost half of the territory (the eastern plains) is still largely unsettled and undeveloped. Although the Colombian economy has been dependent mainly on agricultural products and the coffee production has been the primary, source of foreign currency, it is clear now that an industrialization process is beginning. The effects of each a process can already be measured in terms of improved standard of living and in a more steady monetary situation.