'''Bogotá''' (, also , , ), officially '''Bogotá, Distrito Capital''', abbreviated '''Bogotá, D.C.''', and formerly known as '''Santa Fe de Bogotá''' during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding  department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative and industrial center of the country.