Interesting facts

Bogota has: 
 

• More than 100 institutions of higher education

• 452,000 students enrolled in higher education

• 67,000 graduates of higher education yearly

• 2,700 schools

• 4,000 parks

• The Ciclovía - every Sunday and holiday the city closes 74.5 miles of city streets for the use of over 1 million people; this initiative inspired New York’s Summer Streets

• 207.5 miles of bike routes

• 20 public libraries visited by more than 4 million people each year

• 58 museums

• 70 art galleries

• 45 theatres

• The Gold Museum - the greatest collection of pre-Hispanic gold work in the world with over 35,000 gold pieces

• The Rock al Parque - the biggest free open air Rock Festival in Latin America which attracts more than 250,000 spectators each year

• 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 a dozen cities throughout the world including Mexico City, Johannesburg and Jakarta

• Corferias, Bogota’s fair gound - is one of the largest exhibition centers in Latin America

• Over 860 multinationals

Bogota has received several international awards, including the UNESCO World Book Capital in 2007. 


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Updated (mm/dd/yyyy): 05.06.2010