The annexation of the 6 surrounding municipalities to bogotá in 1954. “a prior fact”

The annexation of the six surrounding municipalities to Bogotá in 1954, was an urban, political and economic process initiated by the middle of the XIX century, and continued along the XX century. The purpose of this annexation was to reaffirm Bogotá as the capital of Colombia, and keep it out of the ordinary municipal regime ruling the rest of the other municipalities, which allowed Bogotá to enlarge its territory. This will be developed by the urbanization process carried out over the final decades of the XX Century. In this article we will conclude that each change of political ideas basically implies a modification in the territory, and also in the way the decisions are made.La anexión de los seis municipios vecinos a Bogotá en 1954, es un proceso urbano, político y económico iniciado a mediados del siglo XIX, continuado a lo largo del siglo XX. Este buscaba confirmar a Bogotá como capital de Colombia, permitiéndole a la ciudad no estar dentro del regimen municipal ordinario de los demás municipios y ampliar su territorio, urbanizado en las décadas finales del siglo XX. En este artículo se verá cómo a cada cambio de ideas políticas corresponde necesariamente una modificación en el territorio y en la manera como se toman las decisiones