Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia. Located in northern South America, it serves as a primary political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical, educational, and airport center for both the country and the surrounding region.
The city is administered as the Capital District. While it functions as the capital of the surrounding department of Cundinamarca, it is not politically part of that department. Bogotá holds the administrative status of a territorial entity of the first order, which is the same status held by the departments of Colombia.