After the Battle of Boyacá on 7 August 1819, Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (created in 1550), and then after 1717 it was the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country.īogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia.
The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. 'Holy Faith of Bogotá') during the Spanish period and between 19, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The flatlands are clearly visible in the topography and the result of a Pleistocene lake Lake Humboldt, that existed until around 30,000 years BPīogotá ( / ˌ b oʊ ɡ ə ˈ t ɑː/, also UK: / ˌ b ɒ ɡ-/, US: / ˈ b oʊ ɡ ə t ɑː/, Spanish pronunciation: ( listen)), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá ( Spanish: lit. The Bogotá savanna is the high plateau in the Andes where Bogotá is located.
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