Interesting facts

Bogota has: 
 

• 115 institutions of higher education¹

• 861,909 students enrolled in higher education²

• 94,685 graduates of higher education yearly³

• 2,700 schools

• 5,256 parks⁴

• 58 bilingual schools

• The Ciclovía - every Sunday and holiday the city closes 78.9 miles of city streets for the use of over 1 million people; this initiative inspired New York’s Summer Streets⁵

• 213.7 miles of bike routes⁶

• 20 public libraries and 61 community libraries⁷

• 70 museums⁸

• 90 art galleries⁹

• 45 theatres¹⁰

• The Gold Museum - the greatest collection of pre-Hispanic gold work in the world with over 50,000 gold pieces¹¹

• The Rock al Parque - the biggest free open air Rock Festival in Latin America which attracts more than 266,000 spectators each year¹²

• The Ibero-American Theatre Festival - one of the world’s largest independent theatre festivals which attracts troupes from more than 45 countries and 3 million spectators

• TransMilenio - Bogota’s innovative rapid transportation system that uses exclusive bus lanes and which has been replicated in more than 50 cities throughout the world including Mexico City, Johannesburg and Jakarta¹³

• Corferias -Bogota’s exhibition ground- is one of the largest exhibition centers in Latin America, with 22 pavilions, 65,600 m² of indoor exhibition space and 15,000 m² of outdoor exhibition area¹⁴

• Over 1000 multinationals¹⁵

Bogota has received more than 9 international awards, including the UNESCO World Book Capital in 2007. 


View awards received by Bogota


¹ Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia, SNIES. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
² Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia, SNIES. Research completed on February 1st, 2011. 2008 data.
³ Information for 2009. Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia, Observatorio Laboral. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁴ Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte IDRD. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁵ Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte. IDRD. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁶ Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁷ Bibliored. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁸ Instituto Distrital de Turismo. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
⁹ Secretaría Distrital de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
¹⁰ Secretaría Distrital de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
¹¹ Instituto Distrital de Turismo, Guía Turística de Bogotá. December 2010.
¹² Rock al Parque Webpage. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
¹³ Bogota Chamber of Commerce. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
¹⁴ Corferias. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.
¹⁵ Bogota Chamber of Commerce, Observatorio de la Región Bogotá- Cundinamarca. Number 10. Research completed on February 1st, 2011.


   
Updated (mm/dd/yyyy): 13.09.2011