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Bogotá (other)
Bogotá is the capital of Colombia. Bogota or Bogotá may also refer to: Places Colombia * Bacatá, also transliterated as Bogot(h)á, the former main settlement of the southern Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest * Bogotá Province, a former province of Gran Colombia and later of the Republic of New Granada * Bogotá savanna, a high plateau in the center of Colombia * Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, the metropolitan area of the capital United States * Bogota, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Jasper County * Bogota, New Jersey, a borough in Bergen County * Bogota, Tennessee, a farming community in Dyer County * Bogota (Port Republic, Virginia), a historic home and farm in Rockingham County Rivers Colombia * Bogotá River, a major river of the Cundinamarca department Geology * Bogotá Formation, fossil-bearing Paleocene-Eocene formation * Bogotá Fault, major thrust fault to the east of Bogotá Other uses * Bogota (gunboat), ''Bogota'' (gunboat), a ship t ... [...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 Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. 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 Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacatá
Bacatá (Chibcha: or ) is the name given to the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also found in texts referring to the modern settlement of Funza, in the centre of the savanna. Bacatá was the main seat of the ''zipa'', the ruler of the Bogotá savanna and adjacent areas. The name of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, is derived from Bacatá, but founded as Santafe de Bogotá in the western foothills of the Eastern Hills in a different location than the original settlement Bacatá, west of the Bogotá River, eventually named after Bacatá as well. The word is a combination of the Chibcha words , and , and means "(enclosure) outside the farmfields", referring to the rich agricultural lands of the Sabana Formation on the Bogotá savanna. Bacatá was submitted to the Spanish Empire by the conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on April 20, 1537. Santafe d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá Province
The province of Santafé de Bogotá, also known as the government of Santafé during the Spanish Empire, Spanish imperial era, was originally an administrative and territorial entity of the New Kingdom of Granada. It was created on July 17th, 1550, at which point New Granada was a province within the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1717, province became part of Viceroyalty of New Granada after King Philip V of Spain issued a real cédula creating the new viceroyalty. During the Spanish American wars of independence (1810–1816), parts of New Granada (including Santafé de Bogotá) declared independence as the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca. Ideological and political differences between the various Granadian provinces gave rise to the New Granada Civil War, first Colombian civil war. This period is known in Colombia as ''La Patria Boba'' (). At the end of the war, Bogotá was incorporated into the United Provinces of New Granada. After the close of the Colombian War of Indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá Savanna
The Bogotá savanna is a savanna#Savanna ecoregions, montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of and an average altitude of . The savanna is situated in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The Bogotá savanna is crossed from northeast to southwest by the long Bogotá River, which at the southwestern edge of the plateau forms the Tequendama Falls (''Salto del Tequendama''). Other rivers, such as the Subachoque River, Subachoque, Bojacá River, Bojacá, Fucha River, Fucha, Soacha River, Soacha and Tunjuelo Rivers, tributaries of the Bogotá River, form smaller valleys with very fertile soils dedicated to agriculture and cattle-breeding. Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Spanish conquest of the Bogotá savanna, the area was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca people, Muisca, who formed a loose confederation of various ''caciques'', na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Area Of Bogotá
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá is the metropolitan area of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá, usually used for statistical analysis or technical use. It is not a formal administrative division and its limits are therefore not defined. The study included the Bogotá, Capital District, Capital District of Bogotá and 17 of the surrounding Municipalities of Colombia, municipalities in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca; Soacha, Facatativá, Zipaquirá, Chía, Cundinamarca, Chía, Mosquera, Cundinamarca, Mosquera, Madrid, Cundinamarca, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Sibaté, Tocancipá, La Calera, Cundinamarca, La Calera, Sopó, Tabio, Tenjo, Cota, Cundinamarca, Cota, Gachancipá and Bojacá. Bogotá and its metropolitan area (ranging in altitude from to ) had a population of 9.8 million in 2015. Metropolitan Areas in Colombia Metropolitan areas in Colombia are regions legally established by an urban center and the surrounding areas. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogota, Illinois
Bogota is an unincorporated community in Smallwood Township, Jasper County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Illinois {{JasperCountyIL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogota, New Jersey
Bogota is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,778, an increase of 591 (+7.2%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 8,187, which in turn reflected a decline of 62 (−0.8%) from the 8,249 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Bogota was formed on November 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical), Ridgefield Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 76. Accessed May 16, 2012. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed during 1894 alone. Portions of Bogota were taken in 1895 to form part of the newly created Teaneck, New J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogota, Tennessee
Bogota is a small farming community in Dyer County, Tennessee. It is located ten miles northwest of Dyersburg. Bogota was formerly home to Bogota Elementary School. Its zip code is 38007. Population is 89 according to the 2020 census. The Post Office within walking distance of most of the 89 inhabitants, ZIP 38007. The community is near the Obion River, several miles inland from the Mississippi River. The Bogota Wildlife Management Area is one of several waterfowl hunting areas that the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency maintains in the Obion River floodplain. Flood waters reached Bogota in May 2011 when the Mississippi River flooded.Patrick Oppmann'Crazy old' Tennessee man waits out the flooding , CNN.com, May 10, 2011Lauren VanceMississippi River Floods Cause More Evacuations in Tennessee ABC News, May 8, 2011 Bogota was mentioned in the NBC show ''Third Watch'' in season 6, episode 15, "Revelations," which originally aired on February 11, 2005. A Vietnam War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogota (Port Republic, Virginia)
Bogota, also known as Bogota Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1845 and 1847, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Greek Revival style dwelling. It features a brick cornice, stepped-parapet gable end walls, and a low-pitched gable roof. The front facade has a two-story pedimented portico sheltering the center bay. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, two slave dwellings, a garden area, bank barn, log house, and two archaeological sites including a possible slave cemetery. On June 9, 1862, Bogota was the scene of action during the Battle of Port Republic. an''Accompanying four photos''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá River
The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca Department, 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 language, Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields". – Banco de la República In historical texts, and also nowadays in its upstream, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.A oril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá Formation
The Bogotá Formation (, E1-2b, Tpb, Pgb) is a geological formation of the Eastern Hills and Bogotá savanna on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly shale and siltstone formation, with sandstone beds intercalated, dates to the Paleogene period; Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene epochs, with an age range of 61.66 to 52.5 Ma, spanning the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. The thickness of the Bogotá Formation ranges from near Tunja to near Bogotá. Fossils of the ungulate '' Etayoa bacatensis'' have been found in the Bogotá Formation, as well as numerous reptiles, unnamed as of 2017. Etymology The formation was first described by Hettner in 1892,Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.59 then by Hubach in 1931, 1945 and 1957, and named in 1963 by Julivert after the Colombian capital Bogotá and its savanna.Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.57 Description Lithologies The Bogotá Formation consists mainly of grayish-red, locally purplish, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá Fault
The Bogotá Fault () is a major inactive slightly dextral oblique thrust fault in the department of Cundinamarca in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of , while other authors designate a length of , and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike of 013.5 ± 7 across the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, central part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The fault stretches from the Gallo River at the Sumapaz Páramo in the south to the Teusacá River in the north and borders the Bogotá savanna and the Colombian capital to the east. The Bogotá Fault formed the pronounced Eastern Hills, with the well-known Monserrate and Guadalupe Hills, east of the Colombian capital. The brecciated fault zone is exposed along the road from Bogotá to La Calera and a vertical displacement of at least has been determined. The hanging wall of the reverse fault contains the Late Cretaceous Chipaque Formation and Guadalupe Group and the footwall consists of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
