Socorro

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Socorro is a historic colonial town and municipality in northeastern Colombia’s Santander Department, known for its role in early independence movements and well-preserved architecture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Socorro canonical 4
Socorro Municipality 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
capitalOf Socorro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Socorro Municipality
continent South America
country Colombia
demographics Spanish-speaking majority
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~1230 metres
foundedBy José de Archila
foundingDate 1681-06-16
governedBy mayor of Socorro
hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture
hasClimate mild subtropical highland climate
hasCulturalHeritage colonial churches
historic plazas
independence-era monuments
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
commerce
tourism
hasEducationalInstitution Universidad Libre – Socorro campus
local secondary schools
hasHeritageStatus historic colonial town
hasHistoricEvent Comunero Revolt in New Granada
surface form: Comuneros Revolt of 1781
hasLocalFestivity Fiestas de la Virgen del Socorro
independence commemorations
hasMunicipalSeat Socorro, New Mexico
surface form: Socorro
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly mestizo population
hasReligiousBuilding Catedral Nuestra Señora del Socorro
Iglesia de San Laureano
hasSubdivisionType rural area
urban area
hasTransportInfrastructure regional bus terminal
isMunicipalSeatOf Socorro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Socorro Municipality
knownFor role in early Colombian independence movements
well-preserved colonial architecture
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Santander Department
locatedInHistoricalRegion Comunera Province
locatedInRegion northeastern Colombia
locatedInTimeZone America/Bogota
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
locatedNear Suárez River
locatedOn Eastern Cordillera of the Andes
surface form: eastern Andes
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Santander Department
postalCodeType Colombian postal code
roadConnection Bogotá
Bucaramanga
roleInEvent center of the Comuneros Revolt of 1781
utcOffset −05:00

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San Gil nearbyTown Socorro
Socorro capitalOf Socorro self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Socorro Municipality
Socorro isMunicipalSeatOf Socorro self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Socorro Municipality
Fonce River flowsThrough Socorro
Suárez River passesNear Socorro