Tibabuyes

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Tibabuyes Wetland
Humedal Tibabuyes
Juan Amarillo Wetland
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Tibabuyes Wetland
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Location in Bogotá
Location Suba, Engativá, Bogotá
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Coordinates 4°43′49.79″N74°06′34.9″W / 4.7304972°N 74.109694°W / 4.7304972; -74.109694
Area222.58 ha (550.0 acres)
Elevation2,539 m (8,330 ft)
DesignatedSeptember 2003
Named for Muysccubun: "land of the farmers"
AdministratorEAAB - ESP
Website Humedal de Tibabuyes

Tibabuyes (Spanish : Humedal de Tibabuyes) or Juan Amarillo Wetland is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the localities Suba and Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna is the largest of the wetlands of Bogotá and covers an area of 222 hectares (550 acres). [1]

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With the planned construction of Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente/Cundinamarca Highway, there will have to be built an overpass, which will affect the wetlands. The indigenous community and the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods surrounding the place are opposed to it.

Etymology

The name Tibabuyes comes from Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest, and means "land of the farmers". [1]

Flora and fauna

Birds

Tibabuyes hosts 22 bird species. [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 (in Spanish) Website Humedal Tibabuyes
  2. Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8

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