Bogotá
caipital ceety o Colombie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bogotá, Distrito Capital (Spaingie pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] ( listen)), umwhile cried Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the caipital ceety o Colombie, as well as the maist populous ceety in the kintra, wi an estimatit 7,304,384 indwallers as o 2009. Bogotá an its metropolitan aurie, which includes municipalities sic as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá an La Calera, haed an estimatit population o 8,566,926 in 2009. In terms o land aurie, Bogotá is the lairgest ceety in Colombie, ane o the biggest o Latin Americae, figurs in the 30t lairgest ceeties in the warld, an its altitude (2,640 metres) maks it the third-heichest caipital ceety in the warld, efter La Paz an Quito. Wi its mony varsities an libraries, Bogotá haes acome kent as "The Athens o Sooth Americae". Bogotá awns the biggest moorland in the warld, it is locatit in the Sumapaz Locality.
Bogotá | |
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Caipital Destrict | |
Bogotá Distrito Capital | |
Dountoun Bogota | |
Motto(s): Bogotá, 2600 metros más cerca de las estrellas Bogotá, 2600 meters closer tae the starn | |
Coordinates: 4°35′53″N 74°4′33″W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Depairtment | ![]() |
Foondation | 6 August 1538 (traditional)[1] |
Foondit bi | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Gustavo Petro Urrego |
Area | |
• Caipital Destrict | 1587 km2 (613 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2625 m (8,612 ft) |
Population | |
• Caipital Destrict | 8,080,734 [7] |
• Rank | 1st |
• Metro | 9,800,000[5][6] |
Demonym(s) | Bogotan bogotano, -na (es) |
Time zone | UTC-5 |
HDI (2011) | 0.904 very high<[8] |
Website | Ceety Offeecial Steid Mayor Official Site Bogotá Tourism |