Sogamoso
Sign in to saveSogamoso () is a city in the department of Boyacá of Colombia. It is the capital of the Sugamuxi Province, named after the original Sugamuxi. Sogamoso is nicknamed "City of the Sun", based on the original Muisca tradition of pilgrimage and adoring their Sun god Sué at the Sun Temple. The city is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
Key facts
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- Sogamoso
- Settlement.type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.nickname
- "City of the Sun"
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- Panoramica Sogamoso 1.JPG
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- Aerial view of Sogamoso in the Iraca Valley
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- Flag of Sogamoso (Boyacá).svg
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- Escudo de Sogamoso.svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Sogamoso.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the city and municipality of Sogamoso in the Boyaca Department
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- Colombia
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- Location in Colombia
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- 250
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- Country
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- Department
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- Boyacá
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- Province
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- Sugamuxi Province
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Demonym
- Sogamoseña
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Continent
- South America
- Population
- 114486
- Area
- 209
- Elevation
- 2490
- Capital of
- Sugamuxi Province
- Official website
- www.sogamoso-boyaca.gov.co
- Image
- Sogamoso, Boyacá.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sogamoso
- Commons category
- Sogamoso
- inception
- 1810-09-06
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geographical limits
- Climate
- History
- Conquest and New Kingdom of Granada
- Suamox in Muisca history
- Administrative division
- Neighbourhoods
- Economy
- Transportation
- Education
- Culture
- Sites of interest
- Festivals and celebrations
- Radio stations of Sogamoso
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sogamoso () is a city in the department of Boyacá of Colombia. It is the capital of the Sugamuxi Province, named after the original Sugamuxi. Sogamoso is nicknamed "City of the Sun", based on the original Muisca tradition of pilgrimage and adoring their Sun god Sué at the Sun Temple. The city is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
== Etymology == Sogamoso is named after Sugamuxi or Suamox, the original name in Chibcha for the city and Sugamuxi, the last iraca of the sacred City of the Sun. Suamuxi means "Dwelling of the Sun". Knowledge about Sugamuxi has been provided by Pedro Simón and the German countess Gertrud von Podewils Dürniz, in her work Chigys Mie.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sogamoso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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