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Travel Home > Directory > Destinations > South America > Colombia > Bogota
Bogota. Pop. 6,776,009. Currency Peso. Language Spanish. Time Zone GMT - 5 hours. Airport El Dorado International Airport BOG. Best Time to go – between December to March. Bogota is the capital and largest city in Colombia and is located in the centre of the country, at a height of 2640 meters (8661 feet) above sea level. The city became part of the Spanish colonial empire in the 16th and 17th centuries until the citizens of Bogota rebelled against Spanish rule in the early 19th century. The city has since developed into a major commercial hub with a range of operations including – banking, printing, publishing, industry, and emerald exporting. In the 1990’s Bogota was considered to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world. However, great strides have been taken to make the city much safer and an integrated security policy introduced in 1995 has been the principal improvement.
Bogota Hotels Reservation Boheme Royal Hotel Suites Jones Hotel La Fontana Hotel Casa Medina Hotel Belvedere Hotel Regency Hotel De La Opera Hotel Bogota Bogota Travel and Tourism.
The Boheme Royal Hotel, is a 5 star deluxe hotel with over 60 rooms, situated in an exclusive area of the city surrounded by restaurants and boutiques. It is 7 km to the airport. The World Trade Center is just over a mile from the hotel. Due to its ideal location, the hotel is the perfect place for guests who wish to enjoy Bogota`s cultural ambiance, arts, cafes, restaurants, and shops.
With a population of about 8 million people, Bogota sits approximately 8,660 feet (2640 meters) above the sea level in the Andean Highlands. Bogota is a city with many layers. From internationally recognized universities to regional offices for multinational companies, Bogota is Colombia's capital for official business dealings. It is a city that caters to a population that has been exposed to European and North American influences.
Bogotá—officially named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C. for "Distrito Capital", which means "Capital District"), formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá, is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the largest and most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants.
El Dorado International Airport (IATA: BOG, ICAO: SKBO) is an international airport located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the largest Latin American airport in terms of cargo movements 526,899 tons (2006) and the fifth in terms of passenger traffic, transporting 9,046,615 passengers in 2006.
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus in 1492. From early small settlements in the Caribbean, the Spanish Empire gradually expanded over four centuries to include Central America, most of South America, Mexico, what today is Southwestern United States, the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of North America, reaching Alaska.
