Colombia (IPA: /kəˈlʌmbɪə/) officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia (help·info)< /font>, IPA: [reˈpuβ̞lika ð̞e koˈlombja]), is a country located in the northwestern region of South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela Gerhar Sandner, Beate Ratter, Wolf Dietrich Sahr and Karsten Horsx (1993). Conflictos Territoriales en el Mar Caribe: El conflicto fronterizo en el Golfo de Venezuela (Spanish). Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. and Brazil; The Geographer Office of the Geographer Bureau of Intelligence and Research (April 15, 1985). Brazil-Colombia boundary (English). International Boundary Study. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. to the south by Ecuador and Peru; CIA (December 13, 2007). Ecuador (English). World Fact Book. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. to the North by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; to the north-west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Besides the countries in South America, the Republic of Colombia is recognized to share maritime borders with the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.(Spanish) Tratados Internacionales limítrofes de Colombia(Spanish) Colombia - Limites territoriales