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 city, 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 in the locality of Kennedy. To the south with the Autopista Sur (South highway) bordering the localitity of Ciudad Bolívar and the municipality of Soacha in Cundinamarca Department. To the east Bosa borders again with the Tunjuelo River and the locality of Kennedy and to the west with the Bogotá River and the municipalities of Soacha and Mosquera.
Besides being crossed by the Tunjuelo and Bogotá rivers Bosa also has numerous creeks and streams which include the Quebradas Limas (Limas Stream), Trompeta stream, La Estrella stream and El Infierno, Quiba, Calderón, Bebedero and Aguas Calientes creeks.
Bosa was once the site of an important Muisca village. During the Pre-Columbian era the area was governed by caciques, 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 zipa or ruler 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 conquistador asked as ransom for his freedom. At the same time, Cuxinimpaba and Cuxinimegua, or Cuxininegua, the legitimate heirs to the throne of Tisquesusa, the second-last Muisca ruler who had been assassinated in Facatativá in 1537 by Jiménez de Quesada's soldiers, were hanged. This way the conquistador put end to the lineage of the Muisca rulers.
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