Worth knowing
Colombia
El Dorado means 'the gilded one', and at first it was a man, not a city. A new ruler of the Muisca people, coated in gold dust, rode a raft onto Lake Guatavita and washed it off.
Where its story happens
Lake Guatavita, at 4.98°N, 73.78°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Colombia
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Colombia, in the northwest corner of South America, where the continent joins Panama. See Colombia on a map.
- It is famous for coffee and emeralds, and it gave the world Shakira and Gabriel García Márquez.
- It is the only country in South America with coasts on both the Pacific and the Caribbean.
- The legend of El Dorado began here, with a ruler who was covered in gold dust at a mountain lake.
- More kinds of bird live in this country than in any other: more than 1,900.