Bogotá Province was one of the

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and later of the

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Bogotá is located high in the

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at 2620 m. (8646 ft) and is a city full of skyscrapers and is right next to colonial churches, a city of universities, and theaters. It contains a mixture of influences and cultures which include:

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and

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. The city's distribution of wealth is mainly with the rich. There are people that are very well-off but also those who live in extreme poverty. It is a modern city with futuristic architecture, graffiti and destruction, restaurants, bookstores and street vendors who sell emeralds, thieves, beggars, street people and drug dealers wrapped around the inner core of the old city.

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Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Granada {{Colombia-hist-stub