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Bogota is the capital of Colombia. The city has a population of about 8.8 million people and is located about 2,640 meters above sea level. Bogota is located in the region andino. Orientation is relatively easy, as the mountains to the east are generally visible from most parts of the city.
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Bogota is a huge city. In order to understand the size of the city, it must be remembered that Mexico City and New York are the only cities in the Americas that are even bigger than Bogota. So it is clear that Bogota can be classified as a metropolis.
Over the last few decades, a number of neighboring towns have been swallowed up by the city's exponential growth and are now considered part of the Greater Bogota metropolitan area. These include the cities of Suba, Soacha and Fontibón.
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Travel around
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To learn
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To buy
- Cheap handicrafts and jewelry from the street vendors. One of the cheapest and picturesque places to buy handicrafts is Pasaje Rivas (Calle 9 no. 9). There you can access the narrow hall filled with small shops at the intersection of Plaza de Bolívar.
- Coffee-based products.
- Leather handbags, shoes and wallets.
- Emeralds sourced from the best emerald mines in the world.
- Cheap silver jewelry.
- Cheap clothes and shoes.
In Usaquen you will find a huge "Mercado de las pulgas" on Sundays.
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Going out
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Safety
Bogota is not as dangerous as is usually believed. The crime rate per capita shows that it is safer than most other South American cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, caracas, Mexico City and Guatemala City. It is very difficult to find drugs or be forced to buy them unless you go looking for them.
Major security problems in Bogota often have to do with the problems of drugged homeless people who roam around the city and robbers. Avoid walking around alone, and don't get into taxis waiting in the streets, call them by phone.
A little common sense can prevent a lot of disaster and certainly don't flaunt valuables in the poor neighborhoods.
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