Avenida Suba

Avenida Suba
	Avenida Suba
Namesake	Muysccubun: Suba
Location	Bogotá ; Colombia
Coordinates	4°42′21″N74°04′15″W / 4.70583°N 74.07083°W Coordinates: 4°42′21″N74°04′15″W / 4.70583°N 74.07083°W
South end	Avenida Calle 80
North end	Avenida Ciudad de Cali

Last updated March 12, 2019

Avenida Suba is a major road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.

Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé/Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often erroneously thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country.

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogota.

Suba is the 11th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the northwest of the city, bordering to the north the municipality of Chía in Cundinamarca, to the west the municipality of Cota, to the east the locality Usaquén and to the south the localities Engativá and Barrios Unidos. This district is inhabited by residents of all social classes.

Etymology

Avenida Suba is named after the locality Suba. Suba is either derived from the Chibcha contraction Suba, meaning "Flower of the Sun" (uba = "fruit" or "flower", sua = "Sun", minus its last vowel, making it a possessive)^[1] or from the words sua (Sun) and sie (water).^[2] It is also known as Troncal Suba due to being one of the main lines in the TransMilenio system.

Chibcha is an extinct language of Colombia, spoken by the Muisca, one of the four advanced indigenous civilizations of the Americas. The Muisca inhabited the central highlands of what today is the country of Colombia.

Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as tuna (fruit), sabra, nopal from the Nahuatl word nōpalli for the pads, or nostle, from the Nahuatl word nōchtli for the fruit; or paddle cactus. The genus is named for the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where, according to Theophrastus, an edible plant grew and could be propagated by rooting its leaves. The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia.

TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Av. Caracas and Calle 80. Other lines were added gradually over the next several years, and as of 2012, 12 lines totalling 112 km (70 mi) run throughout the city.

Route

Its southern end begins at the intersection of Avenida NQS with Calle 80 in the locality of Barrios Unidos. It runs north entering Suba at Calle 100. At the shopping center Centro Suba it splits into two, turning into Avenida Transversal de Suba (Calle 145) and Antigua Avenida de Suba (Calle 139).

Avenida Norte-Quito-Sur or NQS is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that crosses the city from northeast to southwest. The avenue is formed from the union of three old avenues, Avenida Ciudad de Quito, Avenida Novena, and Autopista Sur.

Barrios Unidos is the 12th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the northwest of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by middle class residents. Barrios Unidos is completely urban, with some light industry and major commercial areas.

Points of interest along the route

The Portal de Suba of the TransMilenio system
Iserra 100 shopping center
Bulevar Niza shopping center
Centro Suba shopping center
The Colina Campestre neighborhood

El Portal de Suba is one of the terminus stations of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

Gallery

21 Ángeles station of Transmilenio on Avenida Suba
Puentelargo station of Transmilenio on Avenida Suba

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The simple station Suba-Transversal 91, or Suba - Tv.91 by its abbreviation, is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station Gratamira is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

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The simple station Niza Calle 127 is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station Shaio is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station Suba Calle 100 is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station Suba Calle 95 is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station Rionegro is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The simple station San Martín is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000.

The station Centro Memoria is part of the mass transit system of Bogotá, TransMilenio, inaugurated in the year 2000.

The Portal Eldorado, inaugurated in the year 2012, is one of the terminal stations of TransMilenio, the bus rapid transit system of Bogotá, Colombia.

References

↑ (in Spanish) Etymology Suba
↑ (in Spanish) Etymology localities of Bogotá

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[1] (in Spanish) Etymology Suba

[Taringa-2] (in Spanish) Etymology localities of Bogotá