About Bogota
Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America.
Source: Wikipedia
Essential Information
Currency
Colombian peso (COP)
Symbol: $
Language
Spanish
Phone Code
+57
International dialing code for Colombia
Driving
Drive on the right
Standard for Colombia
Region
Americas
South America
Safety in Bogota
Low Safety (Global Peace Index: 2.729)
About the Global Peace Index: Global Peace Index measures peacefulness on a scale of 1 (most peaceful) to 5 (least peaceful)
Things to See in Bogota
20 landmarks and points of interest
93 Park
park in Bogotá, Colombia
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
mosque in Bogotá, Colombia
Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium
national monument of Colombia
Bogotá Botanical Garden
botanical garden
Bogotá Museum of Modern Art
museum in Colombia
Botero Museum
museum in Bogota, Colombia
Casa de Moneda de Colombia
Colombian currency museum based in the city of Bogotá
Children's Museum of Bogotá
museum in Colombia
Colombian National Museum
national museum
Gold Museum
pre-Columbian archaeology museum in Bogota, Colombia
Maloka Museum
interactive museum of sciences at Bogotá, Colombia
Monserrate Sanctuary
church
Source: Wikidata
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