Bogotá

Bogotá is Colombia’s capital and largest city, situated on the Andean plateau known as the Bogotá savanna. It is the country’s political, cultural, and economic center.

Bogotá savanna: A high plateau in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, centered on Bogotá. The plateau’s geography sets the city’s elevation, basin shape, and surrounding landscape.
Muisca: An Indigenous people whose communities occupied the Bogotá savanna before Spanish conquest. Muisca society preceded the colonial settlement established at Bogotá.
National Capitol of Colombia: The neoclassical building in Bogotá that houses Colombia’s Congress. It anchors the city’s role as the seat of national legislative power.
La Candelaria: The historic central district of Bogotá, known for colonial and republican-era architecture. Its streets preserve the city’s oldest surviving urban core.
Eastern Cordillera (Colombia): The northeastern branch of the Colombian Andes, extending through central and northeastern Colombia. Bogotá occupies a high basin within this Andean mountain range.
Spanish conquest of the Muisca: The Spanish campaign that brought Muisca territories under colonial rule in the 1530s. The conquest cleared the way for Spanish rule and the founding of Bogotá.
Casa de Nariño: The official residence and workplace of Colombia’s president in Bogotá. The presidential office makes the city the center of executive government.
Monserrate: A mountain rising above central Bogotá, with a church and pilgrimage site near its summit. Its skyline and viewpoints make Bogotá’s mountain setting visible.
Altitude sickness: A set of symptoms caused by rapid exposure to low oxygen at high altitude. Bogotá’s elevation affects acclimatization and physical exertion for newcomers.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada: A Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that entered the Bogotá savanna in 1537. His expedition founded the Spanish settlement that became Bogotá.

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