Bogotá metropolitan area

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Area Metropolitana de Bogotá
Bogotá Colpatria Night.jpg
Basic data
Surface: 4321 km 2
location 4 ° 36 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 36 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 2615 m
Population (2019): 9,886,678
Telephone code: 0057 1
politics
Department : Cundinamarca
Structure: Bogotá DC , Soacha , Facatativá , Zipaquirá , Chía , Mosquera , Madrid , Funza , El Rosal , Subachoque , Cajicá , Sibaté , Tocancipá , La Calera , Sopó , Tabio , Tenjo , Cota , Zipacón , Gachancipá , Cogua , Nemocón and Bojacá Barrios
location
Location of Área Metropolitana de Bogotá

The metropolitan region of Bogotá ( Spanish Área Metropolitana de Bogotá ) is the largest metropolitan region of Colombia and Bogotá is one of the fastest growing world cities. In 2019 it was 36th in the list of the largest metropolitan regions in the world . Today the population of the metropolis is estimated at 9.9 million people (as of 2019). The population is expected to rise to 12 million by 2030. Bogotá is the fourth largest city in South America .

The greater Bogotá area forms the so-called capital district ( Distrito Capital , DC for short), which is directly subordinate to the central government , and thus has a special status comparable to Washington, DC in the USA . In addition, there are a total of 23 municipalities ( municipios ) with more than 9,348,588 inhabitants (as of 2015) in the Sabana de Bogotá ("Savannah of Bogotá"). The longest north-south extension of the metropolitan region extends over 233 km, in the far north from the municipality of Cogua on the border with the Departamento de Boyacá to the last foothills of the Sumapaz Nature Park in the south. The largest west-east extension is approx. 220 km.

There are four main centers within the Sabana de Bogotá . In addition to the city of Bogotá with its capital district, three others: Facatativá , Chía and Zipaquirá . Bogotá is not only the metropolitan area, but also the entire country and the north of South America . Industrial, commercial, commercial, residential and educational areas are concentrated here. Almost all surrounding cities and communities are dormitories of the capitals.

The biggest problem that preoccupies the metropolitan region is the enormous amount of traffic and the associated commuter flows. From the city of Soacha in the south alone, 250,000 employees commute to the capital every day. Other sleeping cities like Chía, Mosquera , Cota and Zipaquirá have similarly high numbers. The time required for these commuters is just as considerable and can take up to four hours to get there and back. A planned RegioTram , which will at least better connect the western communities of Sabana de Bogotá to the metropolis, is to be built from 2020. Time savings for commuters are around 960 hours (40 days) per year.

Municipalities of the metropolitan region of Bogotá

Communities Area
km² 		Residents Density
(population / km² ) 		Height
above sea level ( m )
Bogotá DC 1587 8,281,030 5,218 2,640
Bojacá 109 12,749 117 2,598
Cajicá 51 61,549 1,207 2,558
Chía 79 138,822 1,757 2,600
Cogua 136 24.092 177 2,600
Cota 55 26,980 491 2,566
El Rosal 166 18,847 114 2,685
Facatativá 158 141,762 897 2,586
Funza 70 80.937 1,156 2,548
Gachancipá 44 16,043 365 2,568
La Calera 485 28,908 60 2,746
Madrid 121 83,612 691 2,554
Mosquera 107 91,282 853 2,516
Nemocón 94 14,356 153 2,600
Sibate 125 41,255 330 2,700
Soacha 184 556.268 3,023 2,565
Sopó 111 29,120 262 2,650
Subachoque 212 17,387 82 2,663
Tabio 74 29,731 402 2,569
Tenjo 108 20,269 188 2,685
Tocancipá 73 35,439 485 2,605
Zipacón 70 5,808 83 2,550
Zipaquirá 197 130,432 662 2,650
Total 4416 9,886,678 2,239 -
2019 estimate by DANE

See also

Web links

Commons : Bogotá metropolitan area  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on April 6, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
  2. ↑ Bogotá wants to create clear conditions gtai.de, accessed on March 24, 2019
  3. ↑ World City Populations 1950 - 2035 luminocity3d.org, accessed March 24, 2019
  4. ↑ Nuevos municipios dormitorio de Bogotá, un reto para la movilidad rcnradio.com, accessed on March 24, 2019 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El viacrucis de trabajar en Bogotá y vivir afuera ("The Way of the Cross in Bogotá to work and to live outside") semana.com, accessed on March 24, 2019 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ El RegioTram conectará a Bogotá con los municipios de la sabana occidental [Semana (magazine) | semana.com] of February 10, 2018 (Spanish)