Tunjuelito | |
Settlement Type: | Locality of Bogotá |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Distrito Capital de Bogotá - Tunjuelito.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Location of the locality in the Capital District of Bogotá |
Coordinates: | 4.5822°N -74.1319°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Bogotá D.C. |
Parts Type: | Neighbourhoods |
Parts Style: | list |
P1: | Ciudad Tunal |
P2: | Venecia (Bogotá) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Area Total Km2: | 9.91 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 182532 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2600 |
Tunjuelito is the 6th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital, Bogotá. Tunjuelito is located in the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north with the localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Puente Aranda, to the east with the localities of Rafael Uribe Uribe and Usme, to the south with Usme and to the west with Ciudad Bolívar. This district is mostly inhabited by working and lower class residents.
The locality is named Tunjuelito as a diminutive form of tunjo, the votive figures of the indigenous Muisca.
The locality hosts Parque El Tunal and the Biblioteca El Tunal, part of Biblored's network of libraries.
Tunjuelito, El Tunal, San Benito, San Vicente Ferrer, Fátima, El Carmen, San Carlos, Muzú, Venecia, Isla del Sol and La Sevillana.
The main entrance to Tunjuelito is through the Avenida Caracas and the Avenida Ciudad de Villavicencio, which is also served by a TransMilenio route, with a station named Portal del Tunal (Line H), also receiving subroutes from the Calle 40 Sur Station and Portal del Tunal. Apart from the TransMilenio, other transportation companies cover the route Autopista Sur, Diagonal 44 Sur, Carrera 24 and the Avenida Jorge Gaitán Cortés.