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A day at a market in Tunjuelito, the sixth locality of Bogotá, Colombia's national capital. On the right of the image there are three women near their stands. Two of them are talking while one of them looks directly at the camera. In the background there are many people walking, talking, or looking at what the vendors are offering, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. There is also a customer service announcement that reads, "Attention. All persons who need to make a claim or have a complaint about the behavior of any member of the (illegible) staff that works in the plaza or have a complaint about a poor transaction need to go personally to (illegible) Technical Division Director. All adjudications for locals and fixed stands will be processed from now on only by the tecnical division. CRA.32 N'12-80. Bogotá, October/75." The area that now comprises Tunjuelito was slowly populated and developed in the second half of the twentieth century by residents from the countryside who migrated to the area as lessees, later buying the land, with much effort. They, however, had no access to services like water or electricity, obstaining those over time through their efforts. Tunjuelito is characterized by its modest homes, whose fronts were built with marble, granite, stone, or tile, materials left over from jobs completed by the residents, many whom were construction workers. On December 17, 1954, Tunjuelito formally became the sixth locatlity of Bogotá and is home to the El Tunal-Gabriel García Márquez Public Library. The word "Tunjuelito" originates from the Chibcha language, which is now extinct and was spoken by the Indigenous peoples of the Muisca Confederation. Un día en un mercado en Tunjuelito, la sexta localidad de Bogotá, la capital nacional colombiana. Sobre la derecha de la imagen se observa a tres mujeres cercas de sus puestos. Dos de ellas platican mientras una mira directamente hacia la cámara. Al fondo se observa a mas gente caminando, platicando, o mirando lo que los vendedores ofrecen, una variedad de frutas y vegetales. Tambien se observa un letrero de servicio al cliente que lee "Atención. Toda persona que necesite hacer un reclamo o tenga alguna queja sobre el comportamiento del personal de (ilegible) que labora en la plaza, or recaudon mal cobraron deben dirigirse personalmente al jefe de la división tecnica de (ilegible). Las adjudicaciones de locales y puestos fijos se tramitaran en adelante únicamente por la división técnica. CRA.32 N'12-80. Bogotá, October/75". El área que es ahora Tunjuelito fue poblada y desarrollada durante la segunda mitad del siglo veinte por residentes que migraron del campo como arrendatarios, comprando luego terrenos con mucho esfuerzo. Desafortunadamente, los pobladores no tuvieron acceso a servicios municipales como electricidad o agua, obtuviendo eso y otros servicios con el paso del tiempo y por su propio esfuerzo. Tunjuelito se caracteriza por sus modestas casas, las cuales fueron construidas con frentes de mármol, granito, piedra o piso de cocina, pues muchos de los dueños eran albañiles que aprovechaban el material sobrado de una obra. El 17 de diciembre de 1954, Tunjuelito se convirtió formalmente en barrio de Bogotá y es donde se ubica la Biblioteca Pública El Tunal-Gabriel García Márquez. La palabra "Tunjuelito" es el diminutivo de la palabra "Tunjo", la cual se refiere a una representación antropomorfa hecha de oro. La palabra origina del lenguaje chibcha, el cual está ya extincto y era hablado por los indígenas de la confederación muisca.
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