Avenida Suba is a major road in northern

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

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, connecting the locality of Suba with the rest of the capital.

Etymology

Avenida Suba is named after the locality Suba. Suba is either derived from the

Chibcha The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonizati ...

contraction ''Suba'', meaning " Flower of the Sun" (uba = "fruit" or "flower", sua = "Sun", minus its last vowel, making it a possessive)Etymology Suba
/ref> or from the words ''sua'' (Sun) and ''sie'' (water).
/ref> It is also known as ''Troncal Suba'' due to being one of the main lines in the

TransMilenio TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is pa ...

system.

Route

Its southern end begins at the intersection of Avenida NQS with Calle 80 in the locality of Barrios Unidos. It runs north entering Suba at Calle 100. At the shopping center Centro Suba it splits into two, turning into ''Avenida Transversal de Suba'' (Calle 145) and ''Antigua Avenida de Suba'' (Calle 139).

Points of interest along the route

* The Portal de Suba of the TransMilenio system * Iserra 100 shopping center * Bulevar Niza shopping center * Centro Suba shopping center * The Colina Campestre neighborhood

Gallery

References

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