It lies in central Colombia in a fertile upland basin 8,660 feet (2,640 metres) above sea level in the Cordillera Oriental of the Northern Andes Mountains.

The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes.

Bogota is located in the Andean region of Colombia, at an altitude of 2,640 meters (8,660 feet) above sea level.

Bogotá is located in the center of Colombia, on the east of the "sabana de Bogotá," 8661 feet (2640 meters) above sea level on a plateau of the eastern mountain range of the Andes.

Bogota is located in the center of the country, at a latitude of 4ºN, and it is administratively organized as an independent district located within the department of Cundinamarca. Its urban area spreads over 307 square kilometers, in the vast and flat plateau in the Eastern Andean mountain range known as the "Bogota savanna".