Soacha

E32519

city municipality

Soacha is a rapidly growing industrial and residential city in central Colombia, located just southwest of Bogotá in the department of Cundinamarca.

Aliases (1)

Soacha Municipality ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
borderedBy	Bogotá →
capitalOf	Soacha Municipality →
climate	subtropical highland climate →
connectedTo	TransMilenio mass-transit system →
continent	South America →
country	Colombia →
demographicsCharacteristic	receives internal migrants from other regions of Colombia →
department	Cundinamarca Department →
departmentCapital	none →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 2600 metres → approximately 8500 feet →
governedBy	Mayor of Soacha →
hasEconomicActivity	commerce → industry → manufacturing → services →
hasHistoricalEvent	1989 bombing of a bus near Soacha → 2008 false positives scandal involving Soacha youths →
hasLandUse	industrial → residential →
hasNeighbouringMunicipality	Bojacá → Granada (Cundinamarca) → La Mesa (Cundinamarca) → Mosquera → San Antonio del Tequendama → Sibaté →
hasOfficialLanguage	Spanish →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	rapidly growing →
hasTransportInfrastructure	Autopista Sur → railway line to Bogotá →
hasUrbanType	commuter town of Bogotá → suburb of Bogotá →
isSeatOf	Municipality of Soacha →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Bogotá metropolitan area → Cundinamarca Department →
locatedInGeographicalFeature	Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes →
locatedInRegion	Andean Region of Colombia →
locatedInTimeZone	Colombia Standard Time →
locatedOn	Bogotá River basin →
locatedOnRiver	Soacha River →
locatedSouthWestOf	Bogotá →
partOf	Sabana de Bogotá →
postalCodeType	Colombian postal code →
region	Central Colombia →
subdivisionName	Soacha Municipality →
subdivisionType	municipality →
timeZoneOffset	UTC−05:00 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cundinamarca → Cundinamarca Department → Sabana de Bogotá →	contains
Mosquera →	borderedBy
La Calera →	borders
Soacha ("Soacha Municipality") →	capitalOf
Departamento de Cundinamarca →	hasMajorCity
Soacha ("Soacha Municipality") →	subdivisionName