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NQS Calle 38 A Sur (TransMilenio)
The simple station NQS Calle 38 A Sur is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000. Location The station is located in southern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida NQS with Calle 39 Sur. It serves the Villa Mayor neighborhood and surrounding areas. History In 2005, the NQS line of phase two of TransMilenio construction was opened, including this station. Station services Old trunk services Main line service Feeder routes This station does not have connections to feeder routes. Inter-city service This station does not have inter-city service. External links TransMilenio** See also * Bogotá * TransMilenio TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Caracas Avenue and 80 street. Other lines were added gradually over the next s ... * List of TransMilenio stations {{DEFAULTSORT:N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Nariño (Bogotá)
Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal (Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia April 9, 1765 – Villa de Leyva, Colombia December 13, 1823),Hector, M., and A. Ardila. Hombres y mujeres en las letras de Colombia. 2. Bogota: Magisterio, 2008. 25. Print. was a Colombian ideological precursor of the independence movement in New Granada (present day Colombia) as well as one of its early political and military leaders. Early life Nariño was born to an aristocratic family. He was the third son of Vicente Nariño y Vásquez, a Spaniard from Galicia, and Catalina Álvarez. His father had moved to New Granada in 1751 as Official Royal Accountant of the Matrix Arcs of New Granada, and was later promoted to Major Accountant, an important role that he played up to his death in 1778. Nariño's mother was the sister of Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal, one of the attorneys of the Royal Audience. Nariño and his numerous siblings grew up surrounded by books. Details about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Caracas Avenue and 80 street. Other lines were added gradually over the next several years, and as of 2022, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público'' ITPin Spanish), along with the urban, complementary and special bus services operating on neighbourhoods and main streets. It was inspired by Curitiba's '' Rede Integrada de Transporte'' (Integrated Transportation Network). TransMilenio consists of several interconnected BRT lines, with raised floor stations in the center of a main avenue, or "''troncal''". Passengers typically reach the stations via a bridge over the street. Usually four lanes down the center of the street are dedicated to bus traffic. The outer lanes allow express buses to bypass buses s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
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 city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is 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. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parada Nqs Calle 38 Sur Bogotá
Parada may refer to: Places Portugal * Parada (Alfândega da Fé), a civil parish in the municipality of Alfândega da Fé * Parada (Almeida), a civil parish in the municipality of Almeida * Parada (Arcos de Valdevez), a civil parish in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez * Parada (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança * Parada (Carregal do Sal), a civil parish in the municipality of Carregal do Sal * Parada (Monção), a civil parish in the municipality of Monção * Parada (Paredes de Coura), a civil parish in the municipality of Paredes de Coura * Parada (Vila do Conde), a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde * Parada de Cima, a hamlet in the civil parish of Fonte de Angeão, municipality of Vagos Other * Parada (Kuršumlija), a village in Serbia * Parada Kingdom, a tribe in ancient Central Asia * Parada (dance move) Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte-Quito-Sur
Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur or NQS is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that crosses the city from northeast to southwest. The avenue is formed from the union of three old avenues, Avenida Ciudad de Quito, Avenida Novena, and Autopista Sur. Etymology The complete name of the road, from its end on Calle 170 until the entrance to the municipality of Soacha is ''Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur''. Along the route of these three roads, it also is known by four other names: ''Avenida Carrera Novena'', ''Carrera 30'', ''Avenida Calle 57 Sur'', and ''Troncal NQS''. Route NQS is divided into three distinct stretches, with three different names: * ''Avenida Novena'' runs through the Usaquén neighborhood in north Bogotá from north to south, parallel to the railway that joins Bogotá with the Sabana Central and Boyacá, from Calle 153. This route was lengthened to join with Carrera 30 at Calle 92, forming the northerly stretch of NQS * ''Avenida Ciudad de Quito'', also called ''Carrera 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
