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 (5,390 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 instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[8].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as border city^[10].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Cúcuta's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area^[12].
• Cúcuta's flag is recorded as flag of Cúcuta^[13].
• Cúcuta's twinned administrative body is recorded as Comayagua^[14].
• Cúcuta's Commons category is recorded as Cúcuta^[15].
• June 17, 1733 marks the founding of Cúcuta^[16].
• Cúcuta's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 7.9075, 'longitude': -72.504722222222}^[17].
• Cúcuta's significant event is recorded as Siege of Cúcuta^[18].
• Cúcuta's official website is recorded as http://cucuta-nortedesantander.gov.co^[19].
• Cúcuta's official website is recorded as https://cucuta.gov.co/^[20].
• Cúcuta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cúcuta^[21].
• Cúcuta's Commons gallery is recorded as Cúcuta^[22].
• Cúcuta has a population of {'amount': '+806378'}^[23].
• Cúcuta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Cúcuta's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[25].
• Cúcuta's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[26].
• Cúcuta's capital of is recorded as Norte de Santander Department^[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 covers an area of {'amount': '+1176'}^[34]. Cúcuta sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+320'}^[35]. Cúcuta has a population of {'amount': '+806378'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Colombia^[8], city^[9], border city^[10], big city^[11], and metropolitan area^[12].

History and Context

June 17, 1733 marks the founding of Cúcuta^[16].

Why It Matters

Cúcuta ranks in the top 0.68% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,390 views/month, #7 of 1,026).^[2] Cúcuta has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Cúcuta is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]