Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital (), 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.

 Seembols 

The banner oreeginatit wi the insurgency movement against the colonial authorities which began on 20 Julie 1810, durin which the rebels wore airmbaunds wi yellae an reid baunds, as thir colours wur those o the Spaingie banner uised as the banner for the New Kinrick o Granada.

In 9 October 1952, exactly 142 year efter thir events, decree 555 o 1952 offeecially adoptit the patriotic airmbaund as the banner o Bogotá.  The banner o Cundinamarca follaes the same pattern, plus a licht blue tile which represents the Virgin Mary's cape.

The banner itsel is a yellae baund abuin a reid ane. The yellae denotes the gowd frae the earth, as well as the virtues o juistice, clemency, benevolence, the sae-cawed "mundane qualities" (defined as nobility, excellence, richness, generosity, splendour, heal, steadfastness, joy an prosperity), lang life, eternity, pouer an constancy. The reid denotes the virtue o charity, as well as the qualities o bravery, nobility, values, audacity, victory, honour an furor, Colombians caw it the bluid o thair fowk.

The coat o airms o the ceety wis grantit bi emperor Charles V (Charles I o Spain) tae the New Kinrick o Granada, bi royal decree gien in Valladolid, Spain on Dicember 3, 1548. It contains a black eagle in the center, which seembolises steadfastness. The eagle is an aa a seembol o the Habsburgs, which wis the rulin faimily o the Spaingie empire at the time. The eagle is crouned wi gowd an holds a reid pomegranate inside a golden backgrund. The mairch contains olive branches wi nine golden pomegranates on a blue background. The twa reid pomegranates seembolise audacity, an the nine golden oanes represent the nine states which constitutit the New Kinrick o Granada at the time. In 1932 the coat o airms wis offeecially recognised an adoptit as the seembol o Bogotá.

Bogotá's anthem leerics wur written bi Pedro Medina Avendaño; the melody wis componed bi Roberto Pineda Duque. The sang wis offeecially declared the anthem bi decree 1000 o Julie 31, 1974, bi then Mayor o Bogotá, Aníbal Fernandez de Soto.

 Internaitional relations 
See an aa: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Sooth Americae
 Twin touns an sister ceeties 
Bogotá is twinned wi:
  Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
  Buenos Aires, Argentinae
  Lahore, Pakistan
  Lima, Peru
  Chicago, Unitit States
  Madrid, Spain
  Havana, Cuba
  Quito, Ecuador
  Cairo, Egyp
  Guayaquil, Ecuador
  Mexico Ceety, Mexico
  Brasília, Brazil
  Santiago, Chile
  Damascus, Sirie
  Milan, Italy
  Navi Mumbai, Indie
  Turin, Italy
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  Seoul, Sooth Korea
  Beirut, Lebanon
  Shanghai, Cheenae
  La Paz, Bolivie

 References 

 Freemit airtins 


 Bogota Offeecial Tourism guide - Colombiee's offeecial tourism portal
 Bogota Travel Guide - 22 places tae go in Bogota.
 Ceety Offeecial Site
 Harvard Gazette Archives Text on Antanas Mockus's mony inspired strategies tae chynge Bogotá
 Plaza Capital - Digital magazine aboot Bogotá
 Noticias de Bogota - News in Spainyie on Bogotá & its Destricts
 Destrict Plannin Secretariat 
 The Ceety Paper Bogotá
 New York Times airticle on Bogotá Travel
 Online News Site in Inglis
 Nineteen pictures o Bogotá
 Your Bogota 


Category:Caipitals in Sooth Americae
Category:Caipital destricts an territories
Category:Caipitals o Colombie depairtments
Category:Populatit places established in 1538
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