Quebrada Limas

	Quebrada Limas Quebrada Limas is a small river of Bogotá that originates in the path of Quiba, in the rural part of the Ciudad Bolívar and therefore, it is a tributary of the Tunjuelo River The Tunjuelo or Tunjuelito River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river, with a length of originates in the Sumapaz Páramo and flows northward through the Usme Synclinal to enter the Colombian capit .... General characteristics Quebrada Limas extends southwest-northeast through a rural part and the entire urban part of Ciudad Bolivar, since in this area receives all the pollution load from garbage and the landfills of the neighborhoods of Bella Flor, Juan José Rondón, Villa Gloria, El Triunfo, Marandú, Juan Pablo II, Brisas del Volador, Sauces, San José de los Sauces, San Francisco, Villa del Diamante and Candelaria la Nueva, the latter prone to floods caused by rains. At the moment this river is under observation to achieve a total rehabilitation of i ... [...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. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tunjuelo River The Tunjuelo or Tunjuelito River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river, with a length of originates in the Sumapaz Páramo and flows northward through the Usme Synclinal to enter the Colombian capital Bogotá. There, the river is mostly canalised flowing westward into the Bogotá River. It is one of the three main rivers of the city, together with the Fucha River, Fucha and Juan Amarillo Rivers. Etymology The names Tunjuelo and Tunjuelito ("little Tunjuelo") are derived from the Cerro de los Tunjos, also Los Tunjos Lake, named after the ''tunjos'', the Muisca religion, religious votive figurines of the indigenous language of the Muisca people, Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Spanish conquest.Osorio Osorio, 2007, p.29 Description The Tunjuelo River has a total length of and originates in the Sumapaz Páramo, in the southern part of Bogotá.Osorio Osorio, 2007, p.12 It flows t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá Ciudad Bolívar is the 19th locality in the Capital District of the Colombian capital city Bogotá. Ciudad Bolívar is located in the south of the city at the southern border of the Bogotá savanna. This district is mostly inhabited by underclass residents. While most Ciudad Bolívar's area is rural, its urban portion includes one of the world's largest mega-slums. Mike Davis, ''Planet of Slums'', La Découverte, Paris, 2006 (), p. 31. Its urban area concentrates the poorest population in Bogotá and is known for its rampant levels of violence due to a large activity of gangs, mafia, and at times FARC, the national ex-terrorist group of Colombia. Geography The locality of Ciudad Bolívar is 90% mountainous and has a total area of , of which is urban, making it the 7th largest locality of Bogota. The locality is located in the southwestern part of the urban area of Bogota, bordering to the north with the locality of Bosa, Kennedy and Tunjuelito by the Tunjuelito River and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Mayors Of Bogotá This is a list of mayors of Bogotá from 1538 to 1570 and since 1910. Encomenderos of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1538–1570) * Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, 1538–39 * Jerónimo de Lainza, 1539 * Juan de Arévalo, 1539–40 * Antonio Díaz de Cardoso, 1540–41 * Juan Tafur, 1541 * Juan Díaz Hidalgo, 1541–42 * Hernán Venegas Carrillo, 1542 * Juan de Céspedes, 1542–43 * Hernán Venegas Carrillo, 1543–44 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1544 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1544–45 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1545 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1545–46 * Juan de Céspedes, 1546 * Juan Tafur, 1546–47 * Pedro de Colmenares, 1547 * Juan Muñoz de Collantes, 1547–48 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1548 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1548–50 * Juan de Avellaneda, 1550 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1550–51 * Juan de Avellaneda, 1550–51 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1551 * Juan Muñoz de Collantes, 1551–52 * Juan Tafur, 1552 * Gonzalo Rodríguez de Ledesma, 1552–53 * Juan de Rivera, 1553 * Gonzalo Garcí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rivers Of Colombia Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Basin * Amazon River Guainía River or Negro River * Vaupés River or Uaupés River ** Papuri River Querary River * Isana River or Içana River ** Cuiari River * Aquio River Caquetá River or Japurá River * Purui River * Apaporís River Traíra River Tunia River Ajajú River * Miritiparaná River * Cahuinari River * Yarí River * Caguán River Guayas River * Mecaya River * Orteguaza River Putumayo River or Içá River * Cotuhé River * Igara Paraná River * Cara Paraná River * San Miguel River *** Guamués River Orinoco River Basin * Orinoco River ''Apure River'' (Venezuela) * Sarare River Arauca River Capanaparo River Cinaruco River Meta River * Vita River * Casanare River ** Ariporo River Cravo Norte River * Guachiría River * Pauto River * Cravo Sur River * Cusiana River * Manacacías River * Metica River Guayur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bogotá River The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The large population and major industrial base in its watershed have resulted in extremely severe pollution problems for the river. Etymology The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields".Etymology Bacatá – Banco de la República In historical texts, and today the upstream part of, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.A orillas del Río – [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]