Suba (Bogotá)

Suba

Basic data
Surface:	100.56 km 2
location	4 ° 44 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 44 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W
Height above d. M .:	2560 m
Population (2015):	1,162,700
Post Code:	111111 (Prado Veraniego-Puente Largo) 111121 (Niza-Lagartos) 111131 (Costa Azul-Rincón) 111141 (La Gaitana) 111151 (Tibabuyes-Lisboa) 111161 (Las Mercedes) 111156 (Mazuren-Suba Central) 111166 (Mirandela) 111171 ( La Conejera) 111176 (Casablanca-Suba Urbano)
politics
Department :	Bogotá
Mayor:	Edgar Andrés Sinisterra Restrepo
Suba website
location

Suba is the 11th district ( localidad ) of the Colombian capital Bogotá . With an area of ​​10,056 hectares and a resident population of around 1.2 million people (2015) in the north-west of the city, it is the fourth largest urban district of Bogotá and also a large, green district. However, the urbanization of recent years has pushed back many green spaces.

In the socio-economic area, Suba has a very large and modern residential area, which is also interspersed with activities from various industries, such as trade and services in the southern part. Suba is the most populous district of Bogotá with over a million inhabitants, a district with the largest population of the middle and upper classes, especially in the east of Suba, who seek security.

Suba borders the municipality of Chía to the north ; in the south at Engativá ; to the east to Usaquén and to the west to the municipality of Cota in Cundinamarca . Suba is connected to the city center via the Autopista Norte .

Directly from the old pre-Columbian Chibcha culture, the word Suba means "flower of the sun" from Uba = fruit or flower, Sua = sun.

Web links

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

• Official website of the city of Bogotá (es)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Localidades / Suba ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . bogotacomovamos.org. Accessed March 13, 2017 (Spanish)