Socotá

Summary

Socotá is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. Socotá ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Socotá is located in Valderrama Province^[3].
• Socotá is located in Boyacá Department^[4].
• Socotá is in the country of Colombia^[5].
• Socotá's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].
• Socotá's flag image is recorded as Flag of Socotá (Boyacá).svg^[7].
• Socotá's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Socotá.svg^[8].
• Socotá's locator map image is recorded as Colombia - Boyaca - Socota.svg^[9].
• Socotá's Commons category is recorded as Socotá^[10].
• Socotá's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1315432^[11].
• Socotá's language of work or name is recorded as Chibchan^[12].
• +1602-01-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Socotá^[13].
• Socotá's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.0408333333333, 'lon': -72.636388888889}^[14].
• Socotá's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qmcsc^[15].
• Socotá's official website is recorded as http://www.socota-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml^[16].
• Socotá's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3667881^[17].
• Socotá's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2413'}^[18].
• Socotá's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+600.11'}^[19].
• Socotá's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -599467^[20].
• Socotá's Who's on First ID is recorded as 421193125^[21].
• Socotá's DANE code is recorded as 15755^[22].
• Socotá's iNaturalist place ID is recorded as 28509^[23].

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Geography

Socotá is in the country of Colombia^[5]. Located in include Valderrama Province^[3], a province of Boyacá Department^[24], in Colombia^[25] and Boyacá Department^[4], a department of Colombia^[26], in Colombia^[27], founded in 1858^[28].

Physical Characteristics

Socotá's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+600.11'}^[19]. Socotá's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2413'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Socotá's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].

History and Context

+1602-01-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Socotá^[13].

Why It Matters

Socotá ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] Socotá has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Socotá is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]