<font color=#FF6666>Bogotá is Colombia's largest city and one of South America's fastest-growing metropolitan areas.
Many banks and corporations maintain their headquarters in the city. Railroads and highways, including the Pan-American Highway, link the city with other major centers. The international El Dorado Airport is nearby.
Points of interest in the city include the famous Gold Museum, housing a noted collection of pre-Columbian gold works of art; the National Museum; San Francisco Church (1567); and a National cathedral, built on the site of an early Native American temple that incorporates parts of Bogotá's first church (1565). On a nearby mountain is the shrine of Monserrate, famous for its view over the city. Attractions beyond the metropolitan area include the unique underground Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá and the famous Tequendama Falls, which plunge through a canyon in the Andean jungle.
Bogotá was founded in 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada near the site of a populous Chibcha center called Bacatá. The new city became the viceregal capital of New Granada in 1717. It was captured by Simón Bolívar in 1819 and was the capital of the independent nation of Great Colombia (including modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela). It became the capital of New Granada (later renamed Colombia) in 1830 when Great Colombia was dissolved. The city expanded rapidly after 1940 as large numbers of rural Colombians migrated here in search of greater economic opportunities.
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