Tunjuelito

Tunjuelito

Basic data
Surface:	10.62 km 2
location	4 ° 34 ′  N , 74 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 34 ′  N , 74 ° 8 ′  W
Height above d. M .:	2560 m
Population (2015):	302,342
Post Code:	110611 (Venecia) 110621 (Ciudad Tunal)
politics
Department :	Bogotá
Structure:	El Carmen Fátima Isla del Sol Laguneta Nuevo Muzú Ontario Rincon de Muzú Rincón de Venecia Samore San Vicente San Vicente de Ferrer Tejar de Ontario Casalinda del Tunal Venecia Villa Ximena Abraham Lincoln San Benito San Carlos Ciudad Tunal Tunjuelito Barrios
Mayor:	Yeisonn Alexander Chipatecua Quevedo
Tunjuelito website
location

“Tunjo” of the Muisca culture from the Lago Guatavita region , 10th to 16th centuries, Metropolitan Art Museum, New York City

Tunjuelito is the 6th district ( localidad ) of the Colombian capital Bogotá . The name is a diminutive of "Tunjo", an anthropomorphic figure of the Muisca culture made in gold . About 302,342 people live here on an area of ​​1,062 hectares.

Tunjuelito originally belonged to the Usme district before it became independent. Its topography is essentially flat, although southern barrios such as San Benito , Tunjuelito, and Abraham Lincoln are higher topographically. Tunjuelito is home to a police and artillery school, an industrial zone and the Parque Metropolitano El Tunal .

Limits

North: Autopista Sur with the district of Kennedy and Puente Aranda
South: Calle 47 Sur, with the district of Usme
East: with the districts of Rafael Uribe Uribe and Usme
West: Río Tunjuelo , with the district of Ciudad Bolívar

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Collection online - votive figure . britishmuseum.org. Accessed March 18, 2017 (English)
2. ↑ Localidades / Tunjuelito bogotacomovamos.org. Accessed May 20, 2019 (Spanish)
3. ↑ Localidad de Tunjuelito . culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co. Accessed March 18, 2017 (Spanish)

Web links

Commons : Tunjuelito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city of Bogotá (es)
• Localidad de Tunjuelito (es)
• History of Tunjuelito (es)