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Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá


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nameRafael Uribe Uribe
settlement_typeLocality of Bogotá
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mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the locality in the city of Bogotá
image_map1Distrito Capital de Bogotá - Rafael Uribe Uribe.svg
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map_caption1Location of the locality in the Capital District of Bogotá
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1City
subdivision_name1Bogotá D.C.
parts_typeNeighbourhoods
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p1Quiroga (Bogotá)
established_titleFounded
area_total_km213.83
population_as_of2007
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population_total378780
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timezoneColombia Standard Time
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Rafael Uribe Uribe is the 18th locality of the Capital District in the Colombian capital Bogotá. This district is mostly inhabited by working and lower class residents. It was named after the Liberal General Rafael Uribe Uribe. Historically, it has been a predominantly residential area with minor commercial activity. Since the 1940s, urban expansion began from the flat Bogotá savanna towards higher elevations. Nowadays, the locality's southern part is undergoing urban expansion.

Geography

The Rafael Uribe Uribe locality borders to the north with the Avenida Primero de Mayo and with the locality of Antonio Nariño, to the south with the streets Calle 46 Sur, Calle 47 Sur and Calle 54 Sur and the locality of Usme. To the east, the locality borders with Carrera 10 and the Chiguaza Creek separating it from the locality of San Cristóbal and to the west with the Avenida 27 Sur and Carrera 33 bordering with the locality of Tunjuelito.

History

In 1991, the territory of Rafael Uribe Uribe became a locality and in 1993 the local city hall was constituted. On October 29, 2004, the Quiroga neighborhood was subject to a terrorist attack.

Transport

Besides the routes covered by private bus companies, the locality is served by the mass-transit system TransMilenio with its H Line covering most of the area with the stations; Consuelo, Socorro, Santa Lucía, Calle 40 Sur, Quiroga and Olaya.

Neighborhoods

La Picota (where there is a prison with the same name), Quiroga (where the local cityhall is), Diana Turbay, Molinos, Libertador, Olaya, Gustavo Restrepo, Santa Lucia, Inglés, La Resurrección, Sosiego, Claret, San Jorge, Marco Fidel Suarez, El Pesebre, Río de Janeiro, Las Colinas, Luis López de MMeza, Terrazas de San Jorge, Molinos Sur, Bochica, Marruecos, Socorro, Puerto Rico, Pijaos, Las Lomas, Mirador, Bosque de San Carlos and Country Sur, Los Pinos, Libertadores, Los Puentes, and others.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/condiciones_vida/ecvb/4.xls Population 2007] - DANE
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