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Operating Environment in Bogota

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Quality Operating Environment 

Bogota has a high-quality, worry-free operating environment. There is a plentiful supply of quality, cost-competitive office, warehousing, and manufacturing space. The city has redundant telecom connectivity and excellent utilities. The city is a major land and air cargo transportation center and a natural logistics hub for Colombia. Finally, Bogota has all the corporate services needed by investors.
 

Plentiful, High-Quality Space

Nowadays, Bogota has a supply of approximately 2,826,806 square meters of office space, including top quality high-end offices, Bogota Region has 3,943,190 square meters for industrial parks, which 3,231,448 are used for industrial parks and 711,742 are used for free trade zones. 

Telecommunications

According to the World Competitiveness Yearbook, Colombia is one of the top ten countries in the world with the highest levels of investment in telecommunications, as a percentage of GDP, and the top country in Latin America. As a result of market liberalization and significant private sector investment, Bogota boasts a redundant, high-quality telecommunications infrastructure. Currently, more than half a dozen private providers offer complete corporate telecommunication solutions.

Bogota is connected by redundant overland connections to five international underwater cables.

Main Optical Network

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Source: Invest in Bogota, based on official information.
 

Utilities

Electric utility coverage is nearly 100% in Bogota. Enel - CODENSA Bogota’s electric utility is part of the ENEL Group of Italy and is recognized for high quality and cost - competitive service. Additionally, this company is committed with the modernization of the networks in the country: from sustainable solutions like solar energy for enterprises, the use of LED technology for the city’s streetlights, to the promotion of mobility with electric bikes and vehicles. Natural gas is provided by another privately - owned utility, Gas Natural. Water and sewerage are managed by the city - owned Acueducto de Bogota which has coverage of 99% in water and 98% in sewerage.


Transport

Bogota is a natural hub for land-based freight in Colombia. Many companies have located logistics and distribution facilities in Bogota to serve Colombia. The government is currently developing four-lane highways from Bogota to both Atlantic and Pacific seaports.
 

Distances to Ports and Land Borders
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Source: Invest in Bogota.

Wide Range of Corporate Services

Bogota offers a wide range of corporate service providers, from international, legal, accounting, tax and consulting services, to sophisticated financial intermediaries and specialized suppliers. Please contact us for further details on Bogota’s service providers.

 

Updated: (mm/dd/yyyy): 01.12.2021
 

Why Bogota?

General facts and figures of Bogota

Business Climate in Colombia and Bogota-Region

Strategic Location of Bogota

Market Access from Colombia and Bogota

Workforce in Bogota

Operating Environment in Bogota

Attractive Incentives in Bogota

Quality of life in Bogota

Investor Information System

Smart Specialization in Bogota-Region

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