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    Bogotá was originally called Bacatá by the indigenous Muiscas and Chibchas people, meaning "farm field". It was once known as the South American Athens for its art and literature. Significant events in Bogotá's history include the Bogotazo riots of 1948 and Colombia declaring independence in 1810. Bogotá has grown from 6 million inhabitants in 1998 to 8.4 million today. While buses and vans were once the main transportation, Transmilenio and SITP bus systems are now most used. Landlines were previously essential but are now rare, as cell phones are ubiquitous.

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    Bogotá was originally called Bacatá by the indigenous Muiscas and Chibchas people, meaning "farm field". It was once known as the South American Athens for its art and literature. Significant events in Bogotá's history include the Bogotazo riots of 1948 and Colombia declaring independence in 1810. Bogotá has grown from 6 million inhabitants in 1998 to 8.4 million today. While buses and vans were once the main transportation, Transmilenio and SITP bus systems are now most used. Landlines were previously essential but are now rare, as cell phones are ubiquitous.

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    Bogotá Before and Now

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    Bogotá was originally called Bacatá by the indigenous Muiscas and Chibchas people, meaning "farm field". It was once known as the South American Athens for its art and literature. Significant events in Bogotá's history include the Bogotazo riots of 1948 and Colombia declaring independence in 1810. Bogotá has grown from 6 million inhabitants in 1998 to 8.4 million today. While buses and vans were once the main transportation, Transmilenio and SITP bus systems are now most used. Landlines were previously essential but are now rare, as cell phones are ubiquitous.

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    BOGOTÁ • VALERIA CRUZ


    • JONATHAN SALAS
    BEFORE • DAVID MARTINEZ
    AND NOW
    Long ago before the parents of our
    grandparents were born, Bogotá
    was called Bacatá. Bacatá means
    farm field (field to sow) and it was
    the name that gave rise to this place
    the Muiscas and the Chibchas,
    indigenous peoples who were born
    here.
    •Bogotá used to be the South American
    Athens for its great artistic and literary
    splendor, it was the place of countless
    historical events, conflicts and alliances.On
    that fateful April 9, 1948, he shook with
    the Bogotazo, or on that July 20, 1810,
    when the declaration of independence of
    a nation was signed.
    •In 1998, Bogotá There were 6 million
    inhabitants, now in Bogotá there are 8.4
    million inhabitants. In the past Bogota used
    the buses and vans that used to be the main
    means of transportation, now in Bogotá there
    are Transmilenio and SITP which are the most
    used transport. In the past the landline used to
    be essential in their homes and phone booths
    predominated on the streets of the city, now
    in Bogotá and all over the world there are cell
    phones and it is an extraordinary fact to see a
    phone booth as it used to be in 1998.

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