| Bojacá River | |
| Name Etymology: | Muysccubun "purple enclosure" |
| Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Bojacá River in Colombia |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 4.8748°N -74.3587°W |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 4.6158°N -74.2497°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Colombia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cundinamarca |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Type4: | Localities |
| Subdivision Name4: | Fontibón (Bogotá) |
| Source1 Location: | Facatativá |
| Mouth: | Bogotá River |
| Mouth Location: | Fontibón |
| River System: | Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Bojacá River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a right tributary of the Bogotá River.
Bojacá is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "purple enclosure".[1] [2]
The Bojacá River originates at the western edge of the Bogotá savanna and flows from the northwest to the southeast through the municipalities Facatativá, Funza, Mosquera and the locality Fontibón of Bogotá before joining the Bogotá River. The southeastern portion of the Bojacá River, after the confluence with the Subachoque River, is called Balsillas. The Bojacá River flows just north of Lake Herrera.