Socotá
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Socotá is a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The municipality is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The urban centre is at an altitude of at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Jericó and Sativanorte in the north, Pisba and Mongua in the south, Chita and Támara, Casanare in the east and Sativasur, Tasco, Socha and Gámeza in the west.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Socotá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Socotá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Socotá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Socota.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Socotá 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
- William Eusebio Correa Durán(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 19 January 1602
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 600.11
- Elevation
- 2413
- Official website
- www.socota-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
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- Commons category
- Socotá
- inception
- 1602-01-19
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Named after Socotá
- Climate
- References
Socotá is a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The municipality is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The urban centre is at an altitude of at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Jericó and Sativanorte in the north, Pisba and Mongua in the south, Chita and Támara, Casanare in the east and Sativasur, Tasco, Socha and Gámeza in the west.
== Etymology == The name Socotá comes from Chibcha and means either "Land of the Sun and farmfields" or "Good harvest".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Socotá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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