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87 unusual facts about Bogotà


A Place to Bury Strangers

On July 5, 2010, APTBS went for the first time to Bogotá in Colombia and played in Rock al Parque, the largest free rock festival in South America.

Alfonso Caycedo

Professor Caycedo is the head of Sophrocay International, and is based in Andorra, Barcelona and Bogotá, where he teaches the upper levels of sophrology training.

Andrés Eduardo Pérez

Andrés Eduardo Pérez (born on 9 September 1980, in Bogotá, Cundinamarca) is a Colombian football midfielder, who currently plays for Deportivo Cali in the Liga Postobón.

Aserca Airlines

Aserca's operations were centred around Valencia, but it managed to develop Caracas as a hub after 1994 which made it experience a significant growth in its market share, expanding its network to Bogotá, Lima and Miami (no longer in service) via Aruba.

Belén de Bajirá

However, the Antioquean authorities in Medellín stated that the new municipality was on Antioquean territory and demanded the case before the Council of State in Bogotá.

Bergnart Carl Lewy

In 1847 Lewy was appointed professor of chemistry at Bogotá, New Granada, where he enjoyed great popularity and filled many honorary offices.

Bernardo Samper

Bernardo Samper García (born August 4, 1982 in Bogotá) is a professional male squash player who represented Colombia.

Bogota, New Jersey

Pat Schuber, served for four years as Mayor of Bogota, represented the district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1990 and served 12 years as the County Executive of Bergen County.

Bogota, Tennessee

Bogota was mentioned in the NBC show Third Watch in season 6, episode 15, "Revelations," which originally aired on February 11, 2005.

Botero Plaza

Botero has donated several artworks to museums in Bogotá and his hometown, Medellín.

Camila Zárate

Camila Zárate M (Bogotá, July 11 of 1987) is a Columbian actress who debuted in El penúltimo beso.

Canal A

It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena, since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Corazón (which in turn had replaced privately owned Teletigre, a local channel covering Bogotá).

Carlos Jacanamijoy

Jacanamijoy started his higher education in Fine Arts at the Universidad de La Sabana in Bogotá between 1983 and 1984.

Between 1986 and 1990 Jacanamijoy received a Master in Plastic Arts from the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.

Carmen Moral

Since then, several orchestras have entrusted her with the post of Music Director, such as the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra (Colombia), I. Frauen-Kammerorchester von Osterreich (Vienna), the Symphony Orchestra of Mimar Sinan University (Istanbul), and, for a second time, the National Symphony orchestra of Peru.

Celso Otero

Celso Otero Quintás (born February 1, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football goalkeeper from Uruguay, who obtained one official cap for the Uruguay national football team: on August 7, 1988 in a friendly against Colombia (1-2) in Bogotá.

César Rincón

Julio César Rincón Ramírez is a Colombian matador born in Bogotá on 5 September 1965.

Changua

Changua (milk soup with eggs) is a typical hearty breakfast soup of the central Andes region of Colombia, in particular in the Boyacá and Cundinamarca area, including the capital, Bogotá.

Chet Bitterman

Their time at Lomalinda was broken up by a six-month service trip in Bogotá where Bitterman and his wife assisted a more experienced translator couple.

Colombian art

The Museo del Oro in Bogotá displays the most important collection of pre-Columbian gold handicraft in the Americas.

Another Seville native, Baltasar de Figueroa El Viejo (1629–1667), settled in Bogotá in the early 17th century and set up an artist's workshop.

Colostethus palmatus

Near the Villavicencio to Bogotá road it became locally extinct but returned to its previous breeding sites when a new road was built removing the traffic away from the old highway.

Copa Airlines Colombia

The result of this process was the start of operations of AeroRepublica in June 1993 with Boeing 727-100 aircraft painted with the colors of the flag of Colombia (yellow, blue and red), initially flying from Bogotá to cities of the Colombian coast as Santa Marta, Cartagena and San Andres.

Crispiniano Quiñones Quiñones

The highest military rank attained by him was Brigadier General, and he retired from active duty in 1993 being the Commander of the 13th Brigade, headquartered in Bogotá.

Cristian Del Real

In August 2013, Del Real won the International Piano festival in Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2008 he traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to attend formal piano studies at University Juan N. Corpas.

Danilo Caro

Danilo Caro Guarnieri (born 6 September 1965 in Bogotá) is a Colombian trap shooter.

Darryn Hill

: Track Cycling World Championships, Bogotá

Eared Dove

The Eared Dove is common to abundant in savannahs and other open areas, including cultivation, and it readily adapts to human habitation, being seen on wires and telephone posts near towns in Trinidad and Venezuela, almost in all public spaces of large urban areas such as Bogotá, Colombia and feeding near beach resorts in Tobago.

Édgar Humberto Ruíz

Edgar Humberto Ruiz Sierra (born January 22, 1971 in Bogotá) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1994 to 1995.

El Cartucho

El Cartucho or Calle del Cartucho was a street in the neighborhood of Santa Inés in Bogota which was destroyed and replaced by a park.

Elsy del Pilar Cuello

Elsy del Pilar Cuello Calderón (born in Bogotá, 13 June 1959) is a Supreme Court Judge from the Corte Suprema de Justicia of Colombia.

Fausto Trávez Trávez

He studied in both Ecuador and Colombia at the Saint Buenaventura University, Bogotá where he completed his studies in philosophy.

Faye Armitage

Faye Armitage (born 29 May 1958 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a health activist and Florida politician, known for her advocacy efforts in support of stem cell research.

Félix Tanco

Born Félix Manuel de Jesús Tanco y Bosmeniel, in Bogotá, Colombia, he arrived in Cuba at a very young age.

Fissiphalliidae

Fissiphalliidae have been found in Bogotá, Colombia at elevations of about 3,500 meters, and in lowlands of central and eastern Amazon Rainforest.

Foreign relations of Latvia

Latvia counts with an honorary consulate in Bogotá and is represented by the German embassy in Colombia for consular services only.

Frédéric Magné

: World Championships, Bogotá

Fredy Serrano

Freddy Alejandro Serrano Sichaca (born September 22, 1979 in Bogotá, Distrito Capital) is a male freestyle wrestler from Colombia.

Gabby Chaves

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born July 7, 1993 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian-American racecar driver.

Gloria Guardia

She has been awarded several literary prizes for her works, including an award from the Society of Spanish and Iberoamerican Writers in 1961, the Ricardo Miró National Prize for an essay or novel in 1966, the Central American Novel Prize in 1976, a prize from the magazine Lotería in 1971 and 1984, and the National Story Prize from the city of Bogotá, Colombia, in 1996.

Gustavo Gómez Córdoba

He started a law career, but in their 4th year of studies he changes to Social communication career in the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá.

He also was writer of the T.V. Shows "Yo, José Gabriel" and "Crónica Urbana" for the Bogotá Mayorship.

Harold Bedoya Pizarro

In 1991 Bedoya was given the position of Director of the Superior Military School in Bogotá, Cundinamarca.

Hecate Enthroned

The band was scheduled to do a gig in Bogotá in December 2012, but it was cancelled due to inner problems between the band.

Hernán Orjuela

He attended college and graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, though he was already working in media by the time he graduated.

Ilusión

In September 2011 Fonseca offered a benefic concert in Bogotá, that tried to gather money for finance a proyect of rebuilding schools affected by the last rainy season, in Colombia.

Imperial Snipe

For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988.

Irwin Hoffman

He is now Music Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, Colombia.

Ivan Katalinić

Debut came on 30 January 1977 when Yugoslavia beat Colombia 1–0 at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá and his last game was in Rome on 18 May 1978 versus Italy at stadio Olimpico in a

Javier Castilla

Javier Castilla Conde (born April 18, 1981 in Bogotá) is a professional male squash player who represented Colombia.

Jesús Amaya

Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991.

Jesus Maria Espinosa

He was educated in the city of Popayán, Colombia and then began his formal study of painting at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, in the capital Bogotá.

Jock Dodds

After retiring as a player, he tried to recruit players to go to Bogotá, to play in a new league outside FIFA control.

Joe Angel

A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Angel is famous for his proper pronunciation of Latin players' names.

John Paul Ospina

In 2005, he becomes the host of Citytv Bogotá’s Mucha Música, his country’s most important music show at the time.

In 2003, Ospina decided to move to Bogotá; once there, he caught the eye of acting coach and teacher Victoria Hernández.

José Luis Fernández Alonso

From 1991 to 2009, he was a professor and research officer at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, training new biologists in the field of vegetable taxonomy and Colombian flora.

Juan Carlos Echeverry

Later he studied Piano and voice at the University of the Andes, Colombia (Universidad de los Andes), in Bogotá then at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim, Germany, where he was also studying vocal technique.

Juan Carlos Quintero

Juan Carlos Quintero Pérez (born February 20, 1978 in Bogotá) is a Colombian football midfielder, who currently plays for Cúcuta Deportivo in the Copa Mustang.

Juan Guartem

Despite this, the three were tried in absentia by the Viceroy and were sentenced them to death; Guartem and his two partners being hanged in effigy at Santa Fé de Bogotá the following year.

Juan Obelar

He made a promising start with the Bogotá side, but was relegated to the bench midway through the 2010 season after a poor performance against Cortuluá.

Juan Piedrahita

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Piedrahita began his driving career at age of 7 karting in Mexico.

LANCO

Línea Aérea Carguera de Colombia S.A. LANCO is a cargo airline based in Bogotá.

Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida

Internationally he perticipated in the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliaments in Madrid in 1980 and he represented the Portuguese Parliament at the Conference of the Latin-American Parliaments in Bogotá in 1981.

Live Bogotá

It features his "Gratitour" last performance from the August 15th concert at the Nemesio Camacho Stadium in Bogotá, Colombia.

Manuel Castañeda

Manuel Castañeda (born 27 October 1980 in Bogotá) is a Colombian cinematographer.

Mauricio Solaún

Solaún has been a visiting professor at the Universidad de los Andes and the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana in Bogotá, the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, and the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in Chile.

Miguel Arroyave

He was very close to the Castaño family and had control of the capital bloc "Bloque Capital" which controlled the militia in Bogotá.

Neurohydrodynamics

Salomón Hakim (June 4, 1929 in Barranquilla, Bogotá - May 5, 2011) was a Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor.

No Te Pido Flores

The first music video was shot in the Guatavita lagoon (to 16 km from Bogotá) this lagoon was the same that gave rise to the famous leyendo El Dorado.

Pablo Atchugarry

In 1980-81, he continued travelling and exhibiting his paintings in Lucerne, Lugano, Munich, Zurich, London, Malmö, Paris and Bogotá.

Patricia McMahon Hawkins

She subsequently served as Information Officer in Kinshasa, Zaire, as Public Affairs Officer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as Cultural Affairs Officer in Bogotá, Colombia, as Counselor for Public Affairs in Abidjan, Cộte d'Ivoire, where she also served briefly as Acting DCM and then for several months as Chargé d'affaires.

Paul Arcelin

He has written for such well-known newspapers as El Nacional of Caracas, Venezuela, El Tiempo (Bogotá, Colombia) and the Observateur of Haiti.

Penny Lernoux

She worked in Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá for the USIA until 1964 and then moved to Caracas to write for Copley News Service, to which she remained bound by contract until 1967.

Salon of Colombian Artists

In 1931 the first official Salon of Colombian Artists took place in the Fine Arts Pavilion at the Independence Park in Bogotá.

Salvador Arango

In 1978 Documentary films of Bogotá performs "Bootstrap," a 15-minute film on the life and work of sculptor film was screened in all theaters of the country, led by Leopoldo Pinzon.

Sebastián Saavedra

Sebastian Saavedra (born June 2, 1990) is a Colombian racing driver from Bogotá.

Shandrix

"The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience" are a Scottish ceilidh band who have toured in Bangkok, Bogotá, Melbourne and Moscow.

Shinichi Watanabe

Nabeshin was involved in a dramatic battle at a location named Pogota (possibly after Bogotá), apparently involving That Man.

Stewart Wheeler

He served abroad in Washington, D.C., as second secretary, covering congressional relations and energy trade policy; Bogotá, as political counsellor; London, as head of the public affairs team at High Commission; and Kabul, as political program manager at the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan (2010 to 2011).

Stigmella johannis

It was described by Zeller in 1877, and is known from Bogotá, Colombia.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm

Taking place just after Island Thunder, the Jungle Storm campaign is set in Bogotá, Colombia.

Turquoise-throated Puffleg

Two skins are simply labelled "Bogotá" - a common practice in the 19th century and not necessarily directly related to the actual locality where they were taken.

Vensecar Internacional

Vensecar Internacional operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Aruba, Barbados, Bogotá, Curaçao, Miami, Panama City, Port of Spain, and Santo Domingo.

Walter Bor

During the 1970s and 1980s, as well as continuing to work on the development of Milton Keynes, and in Venezuela, he worked on the development plans for Bogotá, Colombia, and Nicosia, Cyprus.

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

That same year she was chosen as one of the most important Latin American writers under 39 years of age as part of Bogotá39 convened by UNESCO, the Hay Festival and the Ministry of Culture in Bogotá.


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There were also protests in Argentine embassies and consulates in cities such as New York, Miami, Madrid, Sydney, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Naples, Zurich and Barcelona, among others.

Andrés Baiz

Satan is the first feature Baiz released in June 2007, starring Mexican actor Damián Alcázar, is based on the book by Mario Mendoza, which in turn is based on the events at the restaurant where the Pozzeto Bogota 5 December 1986, a veteran of the Vietnam War known as Campo Elias Delgado massacred several people who were on the scene after murdering his mother.

Andrés Durán

Then he came back and created his own record label, Talisman Music, where many local bands in Bogota such as Neurosis, La Pestilencia, Agony, Killcorps and Aldea started their music careers.

Anti-union violence

Isidro Gil, a leader of the National Union of Food Industry Workers at the Bogotá, Colombia bottling plant of the Coca-Cola company who was shot dead at the plant on December 5, 1996.

Donald L. Jackson

Jackson was a congressional adviser at the ninth conference of American States at Bogotá, Colombia in 1948 and was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961).

Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport

Aerolíneas Argentinas used to use Jujuy Airport for refuelling before long flights to Bogotá, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Lima.

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport

Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla or Panama City) to be able to reach the islands.

Hernando Durán Dussán

He attended secondary school at La Salle in Bogotá and also attended Antonio Nariño College before receiving his license to practice law from the National University of Colombia.

History of FIFA

Under this proposal, Bolivia would no longer be able to play international matches in La Paz (3600 m), Ecuador would be unable to play in Quito (2800 m), and Colombia could no longer play in Bogotá (2640 m).

Jairo Velasco, Sr.

He also made the singles final at Bogota, in 1979, but lost to Víctor Pecci.

Joel Casique

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the United States, and Aruba; he has also participated in national and international fairs, including the sixteenth and seventeenth Ferias Iberoamericanas de Arte (FIA) in Caracas; the 2007 Latin American Art Fair in Miami; and the 2006 Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO) in Bogotá, Colombia.

Luciana Morales Mendoza

In May 2003 she won the first place in the Pan-American Championship for Girls Under 20 in Botucatu, Brazil and Under 16 in July 2003 in Bogotá, Colombia.

Luis Bezanilla

In addition to his photography, Bezanilla has also lectured and provided photography seminars at universities throughout Bogotá, including Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Politécnico Grancolombiano, Universidad de Bogotá, Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Central, and Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas.

Luis Concha Córdoba

He was named a monastery chaplain, the prefect of studies and a professor at the seminary of Bogotá, and a professor of religion at Gimnasio Moderno and again at Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1921.

Luz Marina Zuluaga

When she eventually returned home, she was welcomed by large crowds both at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and at Manizales airport.

Nemesio Camacho

In 1882 he was admitted to study at the College of San Bartolomé in Bogotá and in the same year, his father, Silverio Camacho, died.

Penalosa

Enrique Peñalosa (born 1954), Colombian politician and former mayor of Bogotá

Rodolfo Llinás

He went to the Gimnasio Moderno school in Bogota and graduated as a medical doctor from the Pontifical Xavierian University

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué

Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (2 Nov 1959 - 3 Jan 1964) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá

Virgilio Martínez Véliz

During his formative years he worked at well-known restaurants such as Lutèce (New York); Can Fabes (Sant Celoni); and served as executive chef at Astrid & Gastón in both Bogotá and Madrid.