<Tr> <Th> GDP (PPP) per capita (2014) </Th> <Td> USD 17,500 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> City Official Site Bogotá Tourism (in Spanish) </Td> </Tr> <P> Bogotá (/ ˈboʊɡətɑː /, / ˌbɒɡəˈtɑː /, / ˌboʊ - /; Spanish pronunciation: (boɣoˈta) (listen)), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca . Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia . It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country . </P> <P> Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca . The Muisca were the indigenous inhabitants of the region and called the settlement where Bogotá was founded Bacatá, which in the Chibcha language means "The Lady of the Andes ." Further, the word' Andes' in the Aymara language means "shining mountain," thus rendering the full lexical signification of Bogotá as "The Lady of the shining mountain ." After the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819, Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia . Since the Viceroyalty of New Granada's independence from the Spanish Empire and during the formation of present - day Colombia, Bogotá has remained the capital of this territory . </P>

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