Puente Aranda

Puente Aranda is the 16th location of the Capital District of the capital city, . It is located in the center part of Bogotá. This district is mostly inhabited by lower middle and working class residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 258,000 residents
  • Description: locality of the Capital District of Bogotá, Colombia
  • Also known as: “Bogota” and “Localidad Puente Aranda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Modelo and Estadio Metropolitano de Techo.

Prison
is a in , Colombia. With 15,000 inmates, the facility is known for its violence. Different areas of the prison are controlled by different factions of paramilitaries, guerrilla fighters, and drug cartels.

Sports venue
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is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Internacional de Bogotá, Fortaleza, Tigres F.C., and Bogotá F.C. The stadium holds 10,000 people. is situated 2½ km northwest of Puente Aranda.

Shopping center
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is a shopping mall located in the south of , . It was inaugurated on March 26, 2010. The mall has 248,000 m2 of built area, being the biggest mall in Colombia and the second one in Latin America, behind the , in , . is situated 3 km southwest of Puente Aranda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa Mayor and Carvajal.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km south of Puente Aranda.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , . is situated 2½ km west of Puente Aranda.

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Fé is the traditional downtown of , surrounding the historic district of . Los Mártires is the western end of downtown, and more rarely visited by foreigners, except to check out its sketchy market for extremely good deals.

Puente Aranda

Latitude
4.61478° or 4° 36′ 53″ north
Longitude
-74.11458° or 74° 6′ 53″ west
Population
258,000
Elevation
2,559 metres (8,396 feet)
Open location code
67P7JV7P+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7641877088
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3671604
Wiki­data ID
Q2648016
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Puente Aranda” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Puente Aranda”
  • Esperanto: “Puente Aranda”
  • French: “Puente Aranda”
  • German: “Puente Aranda”
  • Italian: “Puente Aranda”
  • Malay: “Puente Aranda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puente Aranda”
  • Norwegian: “Puente Aranda”
  • Persian: “پونته آراندا”
  • Portuguese: “Puente Aranda”
  • Spanish: “Puente Aranda”
  • Swedish: “Puente Aranda”
  • Urdu: “پوینتے آراندا”

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