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The city of Bogota, Colombia has an estimated 2018 population of around 8 million people in the Capital District and about 11 million people in the metro area. The 2005 census put the population density for the city at approximately 4,310 people per square kilometer. The rural area of the capital district only has about 15,810 inhabitants. Districts in Bogota Bogota Demographics The Historically, Bogota’s There are 106 higher education institutions located in Bogota that also contribute inhabitants to the population. An interesting side note about the population of Bogota is the number of residents that are victims of crime. Bogota was considered at one time to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world, with a murder rate of 81 people per 100,000. The number has dwindled to around 16 people per 100,000 in the last couple of years. Bogota Population Growth Bogota was originally a settlement of indigenous people. The original indigenous people migrated to the area from Mesoamerica. The Spanish colonized it in 1553, and the population multiplied to 18,161 inhabitants in the 1789 census. The population of Bogota has proliferated since the 1800s. Since 1800, the city has grown from around twenty-two thousand people to eight million. Part of this growth in population was due to the Catholic Church creating the

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Bogotá, official Spanish Bogotá, D.C. (“Distrito Capital”), capital of Bogotá occupies a sloping plain at the base of two mountains, Guadalupe and Monserrate, upon whose crests stand two imposing churches. The city is laid out in a grid pattern and has a number of plazas, or squares, including the Plaza Capital Cities of Countries on the Equator European settlement in Bogotá began in 1538, when Turbulent struggles for political power in the capital city, as well as its geographic isolation, stunted Bogotá’s growth and prosperity in the 19th century. In April 1948 the city was severely damaged by riots, and a wave of violence, known as the bogotazo, swept the region. Undercurrents of unrest continued in Bogotá until 1958, when the Liberal and Bogotá is the home of the nation’s tire, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, but its chief activities are commercial. A The Xavier Pontifical University (1622) and the University of Santo Tomás (1580) are among the several excellent universities in Bogotá. Other cultural institutions include the Numerous parks adorn the city and its outskirts. Prime tourist attractions are the 515-foot (157-metre) Tequedama Falls, about 20 miles (32 km) south, and the tram and cable car that climb more than 1,800 feet (550 metres) to the church and shrine atop Monserrate mountain. Pop. (2018) 7,387,400. This article was most recently revised and updated by