Socha
Sign in to saveSocha is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Valderrama Province, which is a subregion of Boyacá. It borders Socotá in the east, Sativasur in the north, Tasco in the south and in the west Paz de Río.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 150 inbound references to Socha, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and agriculture.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1540 establishments in the Spanish Empire and Municipalities of Boyacá Department.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Socha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Socha (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Socha.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Socha in the Boyacá Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Valderrama Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Zandra María Bernal Rincón(2020–2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 22 October 1540
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 151
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 7140
- Area
- 151
- Elevation
- 2669
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Capital of
- Valderrama Province
- Official website
- www.socha-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml#1
- Image
- Socha parque.jpg
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- Commons category
- Socha (Colombia)
- inception
- 1540-00-00
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Economy
- Born in Socha
- References
Socha is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Valderrama Province, which is a subregion of Boyacá. It borders Socotá in the east, Sativasur in the north, Tasco in the south and in the west Paz de Río.
== Geography == The village is located in the Eastern Ranges at altitudes between and . Socha is the largest municipality in the Natural National Park Páramo de Pisba. The Chicamocha River forms the northern boundary of Socha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Socha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations