Soacha

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

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Soacha canonical 18
Soacha Municipality 2
Soacha municipality 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
borderedBy Bogotá
capitalOf Soacha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soacha Municipality
climate subtropical highland climate
connectedTo TransMilenio bus rapid transit
surface form: TransMilenio mass-transit system
continent South America
country Colombia
demographicsCharacteristic receives internal migrants from other regions of Colombia
department Cundinamarca region
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Metropolitan Area of Bogotá
surface form: Bogotá metropolitan area

Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
locatedInGeographicalFeature Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
locatedInRegion Andean Region of Colombia
locatedInTimeZone America/Bogota
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
locatedOn Bogotá River basin
locatedOnRiver Soacha River
locatedSouthWestOf Bogotá
partOf Sabana de Bogotá
postalCodeType Colombian postal code
region Andean Region of Colombia
surface form: Central Colombia
subdivisionName Soacha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soacha Municipality
subdivisionType municipality
timeZoneOffset UTC−05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cundinamarca region contains Soacha
subject surface form: Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department (de facto, though separate district) contains Soacha
subject surface form: Cundinamarca Department
Soacha capitalOf Soacha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soacha Municipality
Soacha subdivisionName Soacha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soacha Municipality
Mosquera borderedBy Soacha
Sabana de Bogotá contains Soacha
La Calera borders Soacha
Autopista Sur connectsTo Soacha
subject surface form: Autopista Sur (Bogotá)
Autopista Sur isPrimaryRouteBetween Soacha
subject surface form: Autopista Sur (Bogotá)
Autopista Sur regionServed Soacha
subject surface form: Autopista Sur (Bogotá)
this entity surface form: Soacha municipality
Soacha River flowsThrough Soacha
Bogotá River passesNear Soacha
Diocese of Soacha location Soacha
this entity surface form: Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia