Metropolitan Area of Bogotá
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá is the metropolitan area of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá, usually used for statistical analysis or technical use. It is not a formal administrative division and its limits are therefore not defined.
The study included the
Metropolitan Areas in Colombia
Metropolitan areas in Colombia are regions legally established by an urban center and the surrounding areas. These areas must meet certain criteria including population, minimum average of total urban population, political motivation (accords between municipalities or other administrative entities). In Colombia there are only five of these metropolitan areas legally established. The
Metropolitan Area of the Bogotá Savanna
This possible definition of the Metropolitan Area for Bogotá would include the
Population by municipality (2019 census)[4]
Capital District (with 20 localities) |
7.412.566 |
Soacha | 660.179 |
Facatativá | 141.762 |
Chía | 132.181 |
Zipaquirá | 130.537 |
Mosquera | 130.221 |
Madrid |
112.254 |
Funza | 93.154 |
Cajicá | 82.244 |
Tocancipá | 39.996 |
Sibaté | 33.491 |
Cota | 32.691 |
La Calera | 29.868 |
Sopó | 25.782 |
Tenjo | 21.935 |
Tabio | 21.665 |
Gachancipá | 17.062 |
Bojacá | 9.913 |
Soacha and Sibaté
Municipalities partially integrated
The urban perimeter of Bogotá extends to the Bogotá River where it limits with the municipalities of Mosquera, Funza and Cota. In this area there is an ongoing urban development, mostly industrial, that will eventually conurbate with Bogotá, the same applies to the municipality of La Calera. The urban areas of the municipalities of Cota and Chía are already intersecting with the Capital District. Chia and Cajicá's urban areas are also conurbated.
Commuter towns
The possible Metropolitan Area of the Bogotá Savanna would include the three main urban concentrations Bogotá, Facatativá and Zipaquirá, the last two growing as economic and industrial hubs. Among the towns that would become Commuter towns for the City of Bogotá are Mosquera, Funza, Madrid, Chía, Cajicá, Cota, La Calera, Tenjo, Tabio, Sibaté, Zipaquirá and Facatativá. As urban centers Facatativá would serve also as working center for Madrid, El Rosal and Subachoque. Zipaquirá by the towns of Chía, Cajicá, Tabio, Tenjo and Sopó, among others.
References
- ^ Área metropolitana de Bogotá: una vision de la ocupación del suelo, p.52
- ^ Duncan Smith. "World City Populations 1950 - 2030". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Bright lights, big cities. Urbanisation and the rise of the megacity". economist.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Story Map Series". dane.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
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