Zapatoca
Sign in to saveZapatoca () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It is at a high altitude and is a common stop between Bucaramanga and San Gil. It was built in the early 17th century by the Spanish conquistadores.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zapatoca
- Settlement.nickname
- Ciudad Levitica (Levitical City)
- Settlement.motto
- Libertad y Orden (Liberty and Order)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia-zapatoca.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Zapatoca (Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- ESCUDO_ZAPATOCA.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Santander - Zapatoca.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 260px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Zapatoca in the Santander 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
- Santander Department
- Settlement.established_date
- 1682
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 360
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 139
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Santander Department
- Population
- 8762
- Area
- 360
- Elevation
- 1720
- Official website
- www.zapatoca-santander.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Zapatoca, parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Zapatoca
- inception
- 1743-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Notable people
- Points of interest
- Paleontology
- References
Zapatoca () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It is at a high altitude and is a common stop between Bucaramanga and San Gil. It was built in the early 17th century by the Spanish conquistadores.
==Climate==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zapatoca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations