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Bogotá Half Marathon
Bogotá Half Marathon

The Bogotá International Half Marathon , or mmB as it is traditionally known, is an annual road running competition over a half marathon distance 21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi) taking place in Bogotá, Colombia in late July or early August. Established in 2000, it holds World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race status, making it the first and thus far only South American race to achieve this accreditation.

Bogotá Bracelet

The Bogotá Bracelet incident took place in May 1970 when Bobby Moore, the captain of the England national football team, was detained in Colombia for four days after being accused of stealing a bracelet from a jewellery shop located in the Bogotá hotel in which the team were staying. The arrest took place in the build-up to the World Cup Finals where England were to defend the cup they had won in 1966.

Valledupar F.C.

Valledupar Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Valledupar, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Armando Maestre Pavajeau stadium.

Bogota, New Jersey
Bogota, New Jersey

Bogota is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,187, reflecting a decline of 62 from the 8,249 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 425 (+5.4%) from the 7,824 counted in the 1990 Census.Bogota was formed on November 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day.

Bogotazo
Bogotazo

El Bogotazo refers to the massive riots that followed the assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on 9 April 1948 during the government of President Mariano Ospina Pérez. The 10-hour riot left much of downtown Bogotá destroyed.

Bogota High School
Bogota High School

'Bogota High School is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Bogota, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bogota Public Schools.

Bogotá
Bogotá

Bogotá ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia.

Bogotá Botanical Garden
Bogotá Botanical Garden

The José Celestino Mutis botanical garden is Colombia's biggest botanical garden. It serves both as a recreation and research center with an emphasis on Andean and Páramo ecosystems.

Bogotá savanna
Bogotá savanna

The Bogotá savanna is a montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of 4,251.6 square kilometres and an average altitude of 2,550 metres (8,370 ft).

Bogotá Formation
Bogotá Formation

The Bogotá Formation is a geological formation of the Eastern Hills and Bogotá savanna on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly shale and siltstone formation, with sandstone beds intercalated, dates to the Paleogene period; Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene epochs, with an age range of 61.66 to 52.5 Ma, spanning the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum.

Bogotá Fault
Bogotá Fault

The Bogotá Fault is a major inactive slightly dextral oblique thrust fault in the department of Cundinamarca in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of 79.3 kilometres (49.3 mi), while other authors designate a length of 107 kilometres (66 mi), and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike of 013.5 ± 7 across the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, central part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

Valledupar
Valledupar

Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department.

Valle Department
Valle Department

Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Nacaome.

Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport
Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport

Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport (IATA: VUP, ICAO: SKVP) serves as air terminal for the city of Valledupar, Colombia and as a small Colombian Air Force and Colombian Police air base. The airport is operated by Aerocivil and three commercial airlines serve the airport: LAN Colombia, EasyFly and Avianca.