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Bogotá. The Bogotá savanna is the high plateau in the Andes where Bogotá is located. The flatlands are clearly visible in the topography and the result of a Pleistocene lake; Lake Humboldt, that existed until around 30,000 years BP. Bogotá (/ ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː /, [13][14] also UK: / ˌbɒɡ -/, US: / ˈboʊɡətɑː /, [15] Spanish ...
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
Conakry: According to a legend, the name of the city comes from the fusion of the name "Cona", a wine and cheese producer of the Baga people, and the word "nakiri", which means in Sosso the other bank or side. Saint Louis, Senegal (1849–1891): Named after a saint of the same name. The city's Wolof name is Ndar.
History of Bogotá. The history of Bogotá refers to the history of the area surrounding the Colombian capital Bogotá. The area around Bogotá was first populated by groups of indigenous people that migrated from mesoamerica. Among these groups were the Muisca (the Chibcha speaking people) that settled on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in what ...
Colombian Spanish (Spanish: español colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia. The term is of more geographical than linguistic relevance, since the dialects spoken in the various regions of Colombia are quite diverse. The speech of the northern coastal area tends to exhibit phonological innovations typical of ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman).
Caldo de costilla (Spanish for rib broth) is a dish typical of Colombian cuisine from the Andean region. It is made mainly from beef ribs boiled in water with slices of potato, some garlic, onion, and cilantro leaves. Locro is a typical dish in the Nariño region. It is a corn, beans, zapallo, and potato stew.
1539 - 27 April: Municipal council in session [ 2 ] 1540 - City status granted by Charles I of the Spanish Empire [ 2 ] 1549 - City becomes capital of the New Kingdom of Granada. 1550 - Santo Domingo convent founded. 1553 - Main Plaza relocated [ 3 ] 1557 - Santo Domingo convent relocated. 1558 - Smallpox epidemic.