Barrios Unidos
Barrios Unidos is the 12th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia.
Barrios Unidos is the 12th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located to the northwest of the city, and is mostly inhabited by middle class residents. Barrios Unidos is completely urban, with some light industry and major commercial areas.
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Worth seeing in and around Barrios Unidos
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio El Campín
The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It was inaugurated on 10 August 1938 and has a capacity of 39,512 spectators.
3.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
The Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque is a mosque in Bogotá, Colombia.
1.3 km · mosque in Bogotá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 03Bogotá 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.
2.7 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia - 04Children's Museum of Bogotá
The Children's Museum of Bogotá was a privately managed museum foundation in Bogotá, Colombia's capital city, founded in 1986 and opened to the public in 1987. It aimed at teaching children about science, technology, culture and arts.
2.2 km · museum in Colombia · Wikipedia - 0593 Park
93 Park or 93rd Street Park is a commercial and recreational park located at the 93rd Street in El Chicó, in the north of Bogotá, Colombia. It is an upmarket area popular for shopping, nightlife and restaurants.
3.3 km · park in Bogotá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 06Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco
Virgilio Barco Public Library is a Public library in the western sector of Bogotá, Colombia. It is a part of BibloRed, the District's Public Library Network.
2.7 km · Public library in Bogotá, Colombia · Wikipedia - 07Simon Bolivar Park
The Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park, best known as the Simón Bolívar Park, is a greenspace and entertainment and sports complex located in the middle of the city of Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the largest urban parks in the world with over 1000 acres of green spaces, bicycle paths, parks, sports complexes, a public library and the Bogota Botanical Gardens.
2.8 km · park in Bogotá · Wikipedia - 08National Pedagogic University
The National Pedagogic University is a national public normal university in Bogotá, Colombia. The university is under the Ministry of National Education of Colombia and began academic works as a female education institution.
3.2 km · University in Colombia · Wikipedia - 09Movistar Arena Bogotá
Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018.
3.3 km · Bogotá's Stadium · Wikipedia - 10Catedral San Juan Bautista de la Estrada
The St. John the Baptist Cathedral, also known as Engativá Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in the Engativá locality of Bogotá, Colombia.
1.5 km · church in Engativá, Colombia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barrios Unidos
- Airports
- El Dorado (BOG), 8 km · Jose Maria Córdova (MDE), 222 km · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon (CLO), 285 km
- Stations
- Calle 100, 2.4 km · Calle 106, 3 km · Pepe Sierra, 3.4 km · Virrey, 2.2 km · San Martín, 1.3 km
- Medellín → Barrios Unidos20 km · quickest by road, 56 min · COL$4,590–6,100
- Cali → Barrios Unidos153 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · COL$32,150–42,850
- Cartagena → Barrios UnidosTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Barrios Unidos
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barrios Unidos. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe TransMiCable inaugurated in 2018 is a gondola lift that takes passengers from the TransMilenio stop to in the Ciudad Bolivar district.
- Get aroundColectivos cover practically every major route of the city, and can generally be flagged down at any point on a main road.
- Go nextYou'll need a 4x4 vehicle or go by a tour.
From Wikivoyage: Bogotá, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Barrios Unidos
Barrios Unidos is 8 km from Bogotá, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Teusaquillolocality of the Capital District of Bogotá, Colombia1.8 km
- El Chicóhuman settlement in Colombia3.5 km