Kennedy
Kennedy, or Ciudad Kennedy, is the eighth locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the city and is the second most populous being home to 14% of the city's residents.Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 980,000 residents
- Description: locality of the Capital District of Bogotá, Colombia
- Also known as: “Kennedy, Bogotá”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Metropolitano de Techo and Parque Mundo Aventura.
Estadio Metropolitano de Techo
Sports venue
Photo: Josegacel29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Internacional de Bogotá, Fortaleza, Tigres F.C., and Bogotá F.C. The stadium holds 10,000 people.
La Modelo
Prison
La Modelo is a prison in Bogotá, 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. La Modelo is situated 5 km east of Kennedy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Bogotá and Santa Fé-Los Mártires.
West Bogotá
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The west also sometimes referred to as South Western Bogota is a huge region of Bogota, comprising the localities of Engativa, Fontibon, and Kennedy.
Santa Fé-Los Mártires
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Fé is the traditional downtown of Bogotá, surrounding the historic district of La Candelaria. 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.
Teusaquillo-Salitre
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Teusaquillo-Salitre located in between the El Dorado International airport and Bogota's Historic Center, Teusaquillo is a borough, located at the Geographical center of Bogota.
Kennedy
- Categories: locality and administrative territorial entity
- Location: Kennedy, Bogotá D.C., Bogotá, Andino, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.6318° or 4° 37′ 54″ northLongitude
-74.1539° or 74° 9′ 14″ westPopulation
980,000Elevation
2,556 metres (8,386 feet)Open location code
67P7JRJW+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7819160445OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
7033318Wikidata ID
Q605317
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From Chinese to Spanish—“Kennedy” goes by many names.
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