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Delve into Jorge Gaitán Cortés
The district Jorge Gaitán Cortés of Bogotá in Bogotá D.C. (Bogota D.C.) is a subburb in Colombia and is a district of the nations capital.
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While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Nocaima, Villavicencio, Ibague, Tunja and Manizales. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Night Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 9% |
Air Humidity | 77% |
Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (2 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 95% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
19°C (67 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
21°C (69 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, calm, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Embassy Park Hotel
Regency Suites
Regency Boutique
Santafé Real
Hotel DC Feria
Hotel Black Tower Premium
Hotel Quality Comfort House
Hotel Boutique Feria Internacional
La Estacion
Apartamentos Regency La Feria
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital, from 1991 to 2000 called Santafé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent capital district and no longer belongs administratively to that department. Bogotá is the most populous city in the country, with 7,363,782 inhabitants as of 2010.
Congress of Colombia
The Congress of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Congreso de la República de Colombia) is the name given to Colombia's bicameral national legislature. The Congress of Colombia consists of the 102-seat Senate (Senado), and the 166-seat Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes). Members of both houses are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms.
Senate of Colombia
The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. The Senate has 102 members elected for concurrent four-year terms.
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.
Capitolio Nacional
Capitolio Nacional (or National Capitol) is a building on Bolivar Square in central Bogotá, the construction of which began in 1876, by order of president Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, and was not concluded until 1926. It houses both houses of the Congress of Colombia. It was designed and started its construction by Thomas Reed.
Administrative Department of Security
The Administrative Department of Security (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, DAS) was the Security Service agency of Colombia, also responsible for the immigration services. It was dissolved on 31 October 2011 as part of a wider Executive Reform, and was replaced by the National Directorate of Intelligence(DNI).
1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá
The Dominican Embassy siege was the 1980 siege of the embassy of the Dominican Republic by M-19 guerrillas in Bogotá, Colombia. The guerrillas held nearly 60 people, including 14 ambassadors, hostage for 61 days.
Caracol Radio
Caracol Radio (Cadena Radial Colombiana, "Colombian Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in Medellín in 1948 when La Voz de Antioquia station acquired the 50% of Emisoras Nuevo Mundo, based in Bogotá. Julio Mario Santo Domingo was its main shareholder until 2004, when Spanish Grupo Prisa bought the Grupo Latino de Radio, whose 17% was Santo Domingo's.
Bolívar Square
The Bolívar Square is located in the heart of the historical area of Bogotá. It has a statue of Simón Bolívar sculpted in 1846 by the Italian Pietro Tenerani, which was the first ever public monument in the city. Plaza Bolívar is also the name given to the main square in every city or town of Venezuela, the native country of Simón Bolívar. On the Northern side of the square is the Palace of Justice, a big modern building where the Supreme Court works.
Antonio Nariño (Bogotá)
Antonio Nariño is the 15th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the city's south. It is named after an early Colombian leader, Antonio Nariño, who is often referred to as the precursor to the presidency.
Los Mártires
Los Mártires is the 14th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located near the city's downtown to its west. It takes its name in honor of those who died during the war for independence from Spain. It is completely urbanized, save for its parks and the banks of its rivers.
General Santander National Police Academy
General Santander National Police Academy (or Escuela General Santander de la Policia Nacional in Spanish) is the main educational center for the Colombian National Police. the academy functions as a university for the formation of its force.
Estadio Metropolitano de Techo
Estadio Metropolitano de Techo is a multi-use stadium in Bogotá, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of La Equidad and Bogotá F.C.. The stadium holds 8,000 people.
Office of the Attorney General of Colombia
The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia (Spanish: Fiscalía General de la Nación) is the Colombian institution part of the Colombian judicial branch of Government with administrative autonomy designed to prosecute offenders, investigate crimes, review judicial processes and accuse penal law infractions against judges and courts of justice. The Office of the Attorney General was created by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and began operating on July 1, 1992.
Santa Fe (Bogotá)
Santa Fe is the third locality of Bogotá, Capital District of Colombia. Santa Fe is the traditional downtown of the city of Bogotá. This area once comprised Bogotá's total main urban area and was known as "Santa Fe de Bogotá" with its traditional neighborhoods. Santa Fe is one of Bogotá's most developed areas and includes the area by the Carrera Septima, one of the main arteries with most of Bogotá's skyscrapers.
Tunjuelito
Tunjuelito is the 6th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. Tunjuelito is located to the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north with the localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Puente Aranda, to the east with the localities of Rafael Uribe Uribe and Usme, to the south with Usme and to the west with Ciudad Bolívar.
Puente Aranda
Puente Aranda is the 16th location of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá. It is located in the midwest within the city and was named after an old bridge in the hacienda of Juan Aranda over the "Chinúa River" now called the San Francisco Creek that dates from the 16th Century. Puente Aranda has 1724 Ha of area which are almost entirely urban. This locality has more than 300,000 inhabitants, 5% of the total urban area inhabitants of Bogota.
Rafael Uribe Uribe (Bogotá)
The Rafael Uribe Uribe is the 18th locality of the Capital District in the Colombian capital city Bogotá. It was named after the Liberal General Rafael Uribe Uribe. Historically it has NOT been predominantly a residential area with a very small commercial activity. Since the 1940s urban expansion began from the plane lands to the higher lands. Nowadays the locality's southern part is underoing an urban expansion.
Central Cemetery of Bogotá
Central Cemetery of Bogotá is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument in 1984. Some of the sculptors of the mausoleums are Tenerani and Sighinolfi.
Radioacktiva
Radioacktiva is a Colombian radio station broadcasting from Bogotá. It is owned by Caracol Radio, part of the Spanish media organization Grupo PRISA. It started broadcasting in 1989 programming both rock and pop music. In 1997 it was reformatted to focus on rock music. In 2001 it would switch frequencies with sister station Tropicana Estéreo.
Air France Flight 422
Air France Flight 422 was a scheduled flight on 20 April 1998 by Air France from Bogotá, Colombia, to Quito, Ecuador. The Boeing 727 was destroyed, killing all 53 people on board, when it crashed into the mountains east of Bogotá because of foggy weather and low visibility after taking off from Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport. The plane was owned by TAME, the Ecuadoran airline, but leased to Air France.
Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia
Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia (RTVC, "Colombian National Radio Television") is a Colombian state-owned public service controlled by the Ministry of Information Technology. It was created by the Decree 3525 on October 28, 2004, after dissolving Inravisión and the public television production company Audiovisuales, during the President Álvaro Uribe Vélez administration. RTVC's slogan is "Sentimos a Colombia" ("We feel Colombia").
Centro Mayor
Centro Mayor is a shopping mall located in the south of Bogotá, Colombia. It was inaugurated on March 26, 2010. Centro Mayor is the biggest mall in Colombia and the third one in Latin America.
Corferias
Corferias is a convention center located in the city of Bogotá Colombia in the barrio Quintaparedes. It's a venue of local, national and international events. Although it was originally created only as a fair space it has also served as an important place for social activities including voting and it's used by companies and individuals for cultural events.
W Radio (Colombia)
W Radio Colombia is a news/talk/adult contemporary Colombian radio network, part of Caracol Radio. It started in 1973 as adult contemporary station Caracol Estéreo. It is part of the W Radio system, with networks in Mexico, Los Angeles, Panama, and formerly Chile. The station is best known for its morning news show La W, presented by Julio Sánchez Cristo, Alberto Casas Santamaría, and camila zuluaga.