Cundinamarca Department

department of Colombia

Colombian airport in Flandes in the departamento of Tolima

Bacatá (Chibcha: or ) is the name given to the main settlement of one of the Muisca Confederations on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also found in texts referring to the modern settlement of Funza, in the centre of the savanna. Bacatá was the main seat of the zipa, the ruler of the Bogotá savanna and adjacent areas. The name of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, is derived from Bacatá, but founded as Santafe de Bogotá in the western foothills of the Eastern Hills in a different location than the original settlement Bacatá, w

2018 bridge collapse in Colombia

battle circa 1490

1538 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca