Fontibón (Bogotá)

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Fontibón
2017 Bogotá - Estación del Ferrocarril Fontibón.jpg
Basic data
Surface: 33.272 km 2
location 4 ° 41 ′  N , 74 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 41 ′  N , 74 ° 8 ′  W
Population (2016): 345.909
Post Code: 110911 (airport)
110921 (Fontibón Central)
110931 (Hayuelos)
politics
Department : Bogotá
Mayor: Johanna Paola Bocanegra Olaya
Fontibón website
location
Location of Fontibón

Fontibón is the 9th district ( localidad ) of the capital of Colombia and is located west of Bogotá's center in a flat area of ​​the Bogota savannah . Fontibón was founded in 1554, has an area of ​​3,327.2 hectares and around 345,909 inhabitants. Fontibón used to be an independent municipality. In 1954 it was integrated into the former Distrito Especial de Bogotá (today Bogotá, DC) and later fully integrated into the new capital district of Bogotá in 1977.

development

Immigrants from various European countries came to the Fontibón area in the middle of the 20th century and stayed. Today Fontibón with its industrial area is of particular importance for the metropolitan region of Bogotá in the further economic development of a regional free trade zone ( Zona Franca de Bogotá ). Around 223 companies have their headquarters here and employ 21,218 people directly and tie up around 33,000 jobs indirectly. The strategic location is favored by the proximity to the ever-growing freight volume at El Dorado Airport and the connection to nearby communities such as Mosquera , Funza , Madrid and Facatativá .

Limits

North: Avenida Eldorado , Bogotá and Engativá Airport (10th district)
South: Fucha River, Kennedy (8th district)
East: Avenida 68, Puente Aranda (16th district)
West: Río Bogotá, Funza and Mosquera

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fontibón official government website . fontibon.gov.co. Accessed April 22. 2016 (spanish)
  2. ^ Official site of the Mayor's Office . Accessed April 22nd. 2016 (spanish)
  3. ↑ Website of the Zona Franca de Bogotá zonafrancabogota.com, accessed on February 3, 2019 (Spanish)

Web links

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