Cúcuta

Summary

Cúcuta is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. Cúcuta ranks in the top 0.68% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (399 views/month, #7 of 1,026).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cúcuta is located in Norte de Santander Department^[3].
• Cúcuta is in the country of Colombia^[4].
• Cúcuta is on the body of water Pamplonita River^[5].
• Cúcuta is on the body of water Zulia River^[6].
• Cúcuta is on the body of water Táchira River^[7].
• Cúcuta's image is recorded as Cúcuta desde Torcoroma, Cúcuta.jpeg^[8].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[9].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as border city^[11].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as big city^[12].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area^[13].
• Cúcuta's flag image is recorded as Flag of Cúcuta.svg^[14].
• Cúcuta's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de San José de Cúcuta.svg^[15].
• Cúcuta's flag is recorded as flag of Cúcuta^[16].
• Cúcuta's twinned administrative body is recorded as Comayagua^[17].
• Cúcuta's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150122378^[18].
• Cúcuta's locator map image is recorded as Colombia - Norte de Santander - Cúcuta.svg^[19].
• Cúcuta's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82125075^[20].
• Cúcuta's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15177022g^[21].
• Cúcuta's IdRef ID is recorded as 076334090^[22].
• Cúcuta's Commons category is recorded as Cúcuta^[23].
• Cúcuta's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11897110^[24].
• +1733-06-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cúcuta^[25].
• Cúcuta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.9075, 'lon': -72.504722222222}^[26].
• Cúcuta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02xtlk^[27].

Body

Geography

Cúcuta is in the country of Colombia^[4]. Cúcuta is located in Norte de Santander Department^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Pamplonita River^[5], a river^[28], in Venezuela^[29]; Zulia River^[6], a river^[30], in Venezuela^[31]; and Táchira River^[7], a river^[32], in Venezuela^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Cúcuta's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1176'}^[34]. Cúcuta's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}^[35]. Cúcuta's population is recorded as {'amount': '+806378'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Colombia^[9], city^[10], border city^[11], big city^[12], and metropolitan area^[13].

History and Context

+1733-06-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cúcuta^[25].

Why It Matters

Cúcuta ranks in the top 0.68% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (399 views/month, #7 of 1,026).^[2] Cúcuta has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Cúcuta is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]