Bogota (Bogota`) , capital of the United State of Colombia, situated on a remarkable, almost mountain-encircled, plateau, on the river Bogotá, 65 m. SE. of its port, Honda, the highest navigable point of the Magdalena, is 8600 ft. above sea-level, and has a spring-like climate. It is regularly built, with innumerable churches, a mint, university, library, and observatory, and several schools. Though the country is fertile and the mountains rich in coal, iron, salt, and precious metals, its situation and the want of a railway hinder trade.
Population (circa 1900) given as 100,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bogermann, Johann * Bog-trotter