Bogotá (, ; ) officially
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated
Bogotá, D.C (during the time of Spanish rule and from 1991-2000 called
Santafé de Bogotá) is the capital of
Colombia and the department of
Cundinamarca. It is administered as Capital District, and has autonomy in the management of its interests within the limits of the Constitution and the law. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with administrative powers that the law gives to the departments. It consists of 20 localities and is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, sports and tourist epicenter of the country.