Elevation 2,539 m (8,330 ft) Administrator EAAB - ESP | Designated September 2003 Address Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia | |
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Location Suba, Engativá, Bogotá
Colombia Area 222.58 ha (550.0 acres) Named for Muysccubun: "land of the farmers" Similar Wetlands of Bogotá, Thomas van der Hammen, Recreodeportivo El Salitre PRD Park, Distrital Entre Nubes Ec, Parque Mirador de los Neva | ||
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Tibabuyes (Spanish: Humedal de Tibabuyes) or Juan Amarillo Wetland is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the localities Suba and Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland, in the Juan Amarillo River basin on the Bogotá savanna is the largest of the wetlands of Bogotá and covers an area of 222 hectares (550 acres).
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Etymology
The name Tibabuyes comes from Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest, and means "land of the farmers".
Birds
Tibabuyes hosts 22 bird species.
References
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