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Fictional town that García Márquez created, in One Hundred Years of Solitude and described in several more novels. Colloquially a country of madmen. By extension imaginary country, beautiful but full of contrasts. Colombia. Name of a Colombian tropical song by Daniel Camino Diez Canseco and performed by Óscar Chávez. Name of the official ball of the Colombian National Team used in 2014. Name of the Film Awards in Colombia. One of the names of a tree in Colombia. It is also known as bongo, petrino, macundo, cuipo, hameli, hamelí, pretino or pijio. Its scientific name is Cavanillesia platanifolia and it belongs to the Malvaceae family. Name given to two provinces of Angola (Malanje or Makonde and Moxico).