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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Engativá
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|settlement_type        = [[Bogotá#Localities (districts)|Locality]] of [[Bogotá]]
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|map_caption            = Location of the locality in the city of Bogotá
|image_map1             = Distrito Capital de Bogotá - Engativá.svg
|map_caption1           = Location of the locality in the Capital District of Bogotá
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Colombia]]
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Bogotá|Bogotá D.C.]]
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|p1                     = [[Ciudadela Colsubsidio]]
|p2                     = [[Normandía (Bogotá)]]
|p3                     = [[Villas de Granada]]
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|established_title      = Founded
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|area_total_km2         = 35.88
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|population_as_of       = 2007
|population_footnotes   = <ref>[http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/condiciones_vida/ecvb/4.xls Population 2007] – DANE {{in lang|es}}</ref>
|population_total       = 824337
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|timezone               = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset             = -5
|elevation_m            = 2600
|elevation_ft           = 
|website                = {{URL|http://portel.bogota.gov.co/portel/libreria/php/01.27090711.html|Official website}}
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}}

'''Engativá''' is the 10th [[Bogotá#Localities_(districts)|locality]] (localidad) of [[Bogotá]], the capital city of [[Colombia]]. located in the city’s west‑northwest sector, Originally an independent municipality of the [[Cundinamarca Department|Department of Cundinamarca]], Engativá was annexed to Bogotá in 1954, forming part of the city’s expansion. 

Its territory is a mix of predominantly residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, industrial zones, and a lot of rural-like spaces used for agriculture and green zones.

It lies at an average elevation of around 2,600 meters (about 8,500 ft) above sea level. 

== Etymology ==
Engativá is derived from ''Inga-tivá''; Inga: "Land of the Sun or Land of the West", Tivá: ''[[Cacique]]''.<ref name=Taringa>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.taringa.net/posts/apuntes-y-monografias/14795634/Colombia-en-anecdotas.html Etymology localities of Bogotá]</ref>

== Geography ==
Engativá is limited to the north by the [[Salitre River, Bogotá|Salitre River]] with [[Suba, Bogotá|Suba]], to the east by Avenida Carrera 68 and [[Bosa, Bogotá|Bosa]], to the south by [[Avenida El Dorado]] and [[Fontibón]], and to the west by the [[Bogotá River]].

== History ==
Engativá was a village in the [[Muisca Confederation|confederation]] of the [[Muisca]]. Modern Engativá was founded in 1537. It has become a rural territory, people used to work as farmers of Bogotá in 1571. The church of the town was built in honor of the pope [[Clemente XII]] in 1638 and from 1737 it was named the Nuestra Señora de los Dolores's Sanctuary. The church was destroyed by [[earthquake]]s, but was rebuilt in 1960.

== References ==
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{{Bogota DC}}

[[Category:Localities of Bogotá]]
[[Category:Altiplano Cundiboyacense]]
[[Category:Populated places of the Muisca Confederation]]

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