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Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, is informally divided between a northern region and a southern region. Neither region is well defined geographically, but the north is usually thought of as the wealthier, safer part of the city, whereas the south is usually thought of as the poorer, more dangerous part.
Limits
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The geographic limits of neither Northern nor Southern Bogotá are well defined, and where the limit is at depends on who is asked and where they live within the city.[1]
The city government itself gives several definitions of what constitutes "North" and "South".
When dividing the city by exclusively its roads, the city government defines the North as starting in Calle 68[a] and the south as starting in Calle 1 Sur.[b] It also defines the city center or east as between Calle 34 [c] (north), Calle 5 [d] (south), Carrera 1 [e] (east) and Avenida Caracas [f] (west). The west is mentioned but is not defined in concrete terms.[2][3]
Divided by its Local Planning Units [g] (UPLs), the city is divided in North, Northwest, West, Southwest, South and Greater Center, plus a category for the Capital District's rural areas.[4] Keep in mind that, in Bogotá, "city center" does not usually refer to the geographically central part of Bogotá, but to the oldest part of the city, located in what is now its east.
Bogotá Cómo Vamos, a Bogotá-based think tank, defines Northern Bogotá as comprised by Usaquén, Chapinero and Suba.[5]
Below is each locality of the city listed by how different sources locate it. Note that, with the exception of Sumapaz (where the map places the north at the top), the maps shown below place the north at the left and the east at the top.
| N. | Map | Name | Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City government | Wikivoyage | ||||||
| By locality[6] | By street layout | By UPL | |||||
| 1 | 
|
Usaquén | Northeast end | North | North[h] Rural (elsewhere) |
||
| 2 | 
|
Chapinero | Center-east | North[i] | Greater Center[h] Rural (elsewhere) |
Northeast | |
| 3 | 
|
Santa Fe | City center | Center/East[j] | Greater Center[h] Rural (elsewhere) |
Downtown | |
| 4 | 
|
San Cristóbal | Southeast | South | South[h] Rural (elsewhere) |
South | |
| 5 | 
|
Usme | South | South[k] Rural (elsewhere) |
South | ||
| 6 | 
|
Tunjuelito | South | South | South | ||
| 7 | 
|
Bosa | Southwest end | South | Southwest | West | |
| 8 | 
|
Kennedy | Southwest | South[l] | Southwest | West | |
| 9 | 
|
Fontibón | West | West | |||
| 10 | 
|
Engativá | Northwest | North | West | West | |
| 11 | 
|
Suba | Northwest | North | Northwest[m] North (elsewhere) |
Northwest | |
| 12 | 
|
Barrios Unidos | Northwest | North[i] | Greater Center | Northwest | |
| 13 | 
|
Teusaquillo | Geographic centrer | Greater Center | Geographic centrer | ||
| 14 | 
|
Los Mártires | City center | Greater Center | Downtown | ||
| 15 | 
|
Antonio Nariño | Southeast | South | Greater Center | South | |
| 16 | 
|
Puente Aranda | South[l] | Greater Center | West | ||
| 17 | 
|
La Candelaria | Center-east | Center/East | Greater Center | Historic center | |
| 18 | 
|
Rafael Uribe Uribe | Southeast | South | South | South | |
| 19 | 
|
Ciudad Bolívar | South | South | South[k] Rural (elsewhere) |
South | |
| 20 | 
|
Sumapaz | Rural | South | |||
History
[edit]What is now the Southwest was a land filled with fertile soil ideal for agriculture, which led to indigenous people living up until then in what would become the North to be displaced south by the Spanish during the late colonial period. What is now the Southeast was a land filled with primary resources, of which their extraction led to severe ecological damage.[1]
By contrast, what is now the North was a land with poor quality soil used by the Spanish to raise livestock, particularly cows, which led to the North being imagined as "peaceful", "free from Indians".[1]
Starting in the late 19th century, due to the fact indigenous people started moving into Santafé (now Bogotá's historic center) after being displaced from their lands,[1] the city's elites started to abandon Santafé and move west and north.[7] Chapinero, which used to be a satellite settlement north of Santafé,[8] became part of the city proper through this process. This process of annexation by Bogotá would repeat itself in the rest of what is now the city.[9]
The northward emigration of wealthy Bogotans indirectly kickstarted the expansion of the city southward.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ locally [ˈkad͡ʒe seˌsentai̯ˈot͡ʃo], '68th Street'
- ^ a b locally [ˈkad͡ʒe pɾiˈmeɾa suɾ], '1st South Street'
- ^ a b locally [ˈkad͡ʒe trei̯ntai̯ˈkwatɾo], '34th Street'
- ^ a b locally [ˈkad͡ʒe ˈkinta], '5th Street'
- ^ a b Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈreɾa pɾiˈmeɾa], '1st Carrera'
- ^ Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [aβeˈniða kaˈɾakas], 'Caracas Avenue'
- ^ Unidades de Planeamiento Local; Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [uniˈðaðes ðe planeaˈmjento loˈkal]
- ^ a b c d Urban area of the locality (roughly west of the Eastern Hills).
- ^ a b North of Calle 68.
- ^ West of the locality, bordered by Carrera 1[e] to the east, Calle 34[c] to the north and Calle 5[d] to the south.
- ^ a b Main urban area of the locality (located in its north).
- ^ a b South of Calle 1 Sur.[b]
- ^ Southwest of the locality, roughly west of the Hills of Suba and south of La Conejera wetland.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Zambrano Pantoja, Fabio (19 March 2023). "¿Cuándo nacieron las desigualdades entre el norte y el sur de Bogotá?". National University of Colombia. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Avenidas, calles y carreras en Bogotá". Bogotanitos. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ Quintero, Kevin Stiven Ramirez (2023-01-17). "¿Calle, carrera, diagonal? Conozca cómo ubicarse en Bogotá". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Claves para entender cómo quedó divida Bogotá con la reglamentación de las UPL". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ Omar Oróstegui Restrepo (2018-09-28). "Cómo va el norte de Bogotá". Bogotá Cómo Vamos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Bogotá y sus localidades". Bogotanitos. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ a b Apolinar Romero, Juan (2022). "La Basílica de Lourdes: Acercamientos al origen neogótico de Chapinero". University of the Andes. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "La bella historia del origen de la palabra Chapinero - Capital". Canal Capital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ Garavito González, Leonardo; De Urbina González, Amparo (2019). "El borde no es como lo pintan. El caso del borde sur de Bogotá, D. C." (in Spanish). ISSN 2215-7484. Retrieved 10 February 2025 – via SciELO.
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