Bosa, Bogotá
| Bosa | |
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| Locality of Bogotá | |
 Location of the locality in the city of Bogotá |
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 Location of the locality in the Capital District of Bogotá |
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| Coordinates: 4°37′01″N 74°11′24″W / 4.61694°N 74.19000°WCoordinates: 4°37′01″N 74°11′24″W / 4.61694°N 74.19000°W | |
| Country |
 Colombia
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| City | Bogotá D.C. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.93 km2 (9.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 546,809 |
| • Density | 23,000/km2 (59,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) |
| Website | Official website |
Bosa is the 7th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital, Bogotá. Bosa is located in the southwestern part of Bogotá and is the 8th largest locality and 9th most populated.
The name of Bosa in Muysccubun means "enclosure of the one that guards and defends the cornfields".
Bosa limits to the north with the Tunjuelo River and the Camino de Osorio neighborhood of the locality Kennedy. To the south Bosa borders the Autopista Sur separating it from the localitity of Ciudad Bolívar and the municipality of Soacha in Cundinamarca. To the east, Bosa borders the Tunjuelo River and the locality of Kennedy and to the west the Bogotá River and the municipalities of Soacha and Mosquera.
Besides being crossed by the Tunjuelo and Bogotá River, Bosa also has numerous creeks and streams which include the Quebrada Limas, Quebrada Trompeta, La Estrella, El Infierno, Quiba, Calderón, Bebedero and Aguas Calientes.
Bosa was once the site of an important Muisca village. During the Pre-Columbian era, the area was governed by caciques as part of the Muisca Confederation, among them and at the moment of the Spanish arrival; the cacique Techovita.
Early in 1538, Bosa witnessed one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of the Muisca. The last zipa, Sagipa (also called Saquesazipa among other names), was hung by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada when his subjects failed to fill up a room with the amount of gold the conquistadors asked as ransom for his freedom. At the same time, Cuxinimpaba and Cuxinimegua, or Cuxininegua, the legitimate heirs to the throne of Tisquesusa, the last independent Muisca ruler who had been assassinated in Funza in 1537 by Jiménez de Quesada's soldiers, were hanged. This way the conquistador put an end to the lineage of the Muisca rulers.
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