 Bogota yakavambwa seguta guru roUmambo Hutsva hweGranada musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1538 naSpanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada mushure mekurwisa kwakasimba muAndeskukurira vaMuisca, vagari vomunyika yeAltiplano. Santafé zita rayo pashure pa1540 yakava chigaro chehurumende yeSpain Royal Audiencia yeNew Kingdom yeGranada yakasikwa muna 1550, uye ipapo pashure pa1717 yakanga iri guta guru reViceroyalty yeNew Granada. Pashure peHondo yeBoycá musi wa7 August 1819, Bogotá yakava guta guru renyika yakazvimirira yeGran Colombia. Akanga ari Simón Bolívar uyo akabhabhatidzazve guta nezita reBogotá, senzira yokuremekedza vanhu veMuisca uye sechibvumirano chokusunungurwa kumuchinda weSpain. Nokudaro, chibviro chokuzvimirira kweVice-Kingdom yeNew Granada kubva muUmambo hweSpain uye mukati mokuumbwa kweColombia yanhasi, Bogotá yakaramba iri dzimbahwe renzvimbo iyi. 