Usme

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Usme
Barrio en las colinas de Usme Btá.jpeg
Basic data
location 4 ° 30 ′  N , 74 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 30 ′  N , 74 ° 6 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 2750 m
Population (2016): 432,746
Post Code: 110541 (Urbano Rio Tunjuelito)
110551 (Rural Rio Tunjuelito)
110561 (Rural Vereda los Arrayanes)
110571 (Rural Vereda Chisacá)
politics
Department : Bogotá
Structure: La Flora
Danubio
Gran Yomasa
Comuneros
Alfonso López
Ciudad Usme
Parque Entre Nubes Barrios
Mayor: Jorge Eliecer Peña Pinilla
Usme's website
location
Location of Usme

Usme is the 5th district ( localidad ) in the extreme southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá . Its area is 21,556 hectares (the rural area alone comprises 18,307 hectares), which corresponds to 13.18 percent of the total area of ​​Bogotá, and its population is about 430,000 people.

history

The place was founded as San Pedro de Usme in 1650, which over the years almost completely developed into a rural character. The main source of income for the population was agriculture, which is still an important part of supplying the capital with food and building materials. The place name came from a woman named Usminia, an indigenous peoples of the Muisca culture, who was friends with Kaziken in old Bacatá (Bogotá).

In 1911 Usme became an independent municipality, where however severe conflicts and fights between settlers, tenants and tenants over land dominated. This situation changed in the middle of the 20th century when the land was parceled out for agricultural production and cleared the way for supplying the nearby capital Bogotá with building materials from brickworks and sand pits. In 1972 Usme became part of the Bogotá metropolitan area.

Limits

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Usme usme.gov.co. Accessed May 20, 2019 (Spanish)

Web links

Commons : Usme  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files