Founded on august 6th 1538 by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quezada, was named initialy Santa fe (holly faith). Mr Jimenez was in the search of "El dorado" a legendary lost city made of gold, unfortunately for him the city was only a myth. But, in the middle of his searching he found a rich savannah crossed by rivers and inhabited by The Mwuiskas, the first nation of the central part of Colombia. The Mwiskas called their home Bacata and the spanish people changed it to Bogota, so the first name of the city was, "Santa fe de Bogota.''
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