Everything about Santa Fe Bogot totally explained
Santa Fe is the 3rd locality of
Bogotá,
Capital District of
Colombia. Santa Fe is the traditional
downtown of the city of Bogotá, the urban area of what once was Bogotá's total main urban area known as "Santa Fe de Bogotá" with its traditional neighborhoods.
Santa Fe is one of Bogotá's most developed areas including the area by the
Carrera Septima one of the main arteries with most of Bogotá's skyscrapers, the International Center, the financial district of the
Avenida Jimenez, among others. It also contains the colonial era commercial neighborhood of
San Victorino.
The main streets of Bogotá intersect in Santa Fe; the "
Carrera Septima" (7th Avenue) formerly known as
Calle Real (Royal Street), the "
Carrera Decima" (10th Avenue), "
Calle 26" (26th Street), the "Circunvalar Avenue", "Caracas Avenue", "Ciudad de Lima Avenue" and "Jimenez Avenue".
Santa Fe also has a rural area which cover the mountains of
Monserrate and Guadalupe. The Locality of
La Candelaria was the foundation site of
Bogotá and it's enclaved in the middle of Santa Fe. La Candelaria was separated from Santa Fe after the creation of the
Capital District.
History
Bogotá was founded by
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in 1538 under the name of Santa Fe. The legal foundation occurred at the
Bolívar Square in
La Candelaria between the rivers of San Francisco (now the Jimenez avenue) and San Agustin (now the 6th Street).
During the early years of the 20th Century the city was confined within the present territory of Santa Fe until the
1920s when the urbanization expanded towards
Chapinero and later towards the west in the
1950s just before the violent days of
El Bogotazo that partially destroyed the streets.
Santa Fe became a minor Cityhall in 1972 . With the
Constitutional reform of 1991 Santa Fe legally became a locality (or a Local Action Junta) of the Capital District.
General Data
- Population: 107.044 people, 1993 Census.
- Average temperature: 13 °C
- Total Area: 4.487,74 ha
- Urban Area: 662,05 ha
Limits
North: Canal Arzobispo or "Calle 39" (39th Street), bordering the locality of Chapinero.
South : Avenida Primera, con San Cristóbal
East : Cerros Orientales (eastern mountains, bordering with the municipalities of Choachí and Ubaque in Cundinamarca Department.
West: Avenida Caracas, with Teusaquillo, Los Mártires and Antonio Nariño
Rivers
Santa Fe is crossed by the San Francisco River, San Agustín River, Arzobispo River, San Cristóbal River. Because of its proximity to the Eastern Mountains the urban area near these mountains is tilted some 40 degrees.
Economy
Santa Fe is mostly a commercial area with some small factories and service companies such as financial, hotels and tourism. There are some important universities in the area such as University of the Andes and the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University among others.
Sites of Interest
The National Museum
Independence Park, Tercer Milenio Park and the Olaya Herrera National Park.
La Santamaría Bullring (Opening its season in February)
La Rebeca
The Natural History Museum
The Planetary
The Gold Museum
The National Library of Colombia
The churches of San Francisco, la Tercera, la Veracruz, and la Capuchina
Las Cruces Marketplace.
Colpatria Tower.
Neighborhoods and veredas
neighborhoods
Las Cruces, Los Laches, La Perseverancia, La Concordia, Santa Inés, Santa Bárbara, San Bernardo, La Merced, Egipto, Germania, Las Aguas, La Paz, La Peña, Liévano, Las Nieves, El Consuelo, Belén, Egipto Alto, Central, El Rocío, Tisquesuza, La Macarena and El Bosque Izquierdo.
Veredas
Monserrate and El Vergel mountains.
Transport
TransMilenio operated in the Avenida Caracas and Avenida Jiménez de Quesada. To climb Monserrate there's a funicular and an Aerial tramway since 1926.
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