Sogamoso

E167567

Sogamoso is a Colombian city in the Andean region known historically as a major religious and cultural center of the Muisca civilization and today for its industry and mining.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sogamoso canonical 26

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Colombia ⓘ
alternateName City of the Sun ⓘ
Suamox ⓘ
climate cool highland climate ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalHeritage Muisca traditions ⓘ
demonym sogamoseño ⓘ
departmentCapitalOf none ⓘ
distanceFrom about 75 km from Tunja ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
services ⓘ
elevation about 2569 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundingBySpaniards 16th century ⓘ
geologicalResource coal ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Sun Temple Archaeological Museum ⓘ
hasMuseum Museo Arqueológico Suamox ⓘ
hasUniversity Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (campus) ⓘ
historicalCulture Muisca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
historicalSite reconstructed Muisca Sun Temple ⓘ
isCapitalOf Sugamuxi Province ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
cement industry ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
industry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
locatedIn Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
Boyacá Department ⓘ
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Chicamocha River basin ⓘ
linked to: Chicamocha River
namedAfter Sugamuxi (Muisca high priest) ⓘ
nearbyCity Duitama ⓘ
Nobsa ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
populationEstimate over 100000 inhabitants ⓘ
region Sugamuxi Province ⓘ
religionHistoricalRole principal Muisca solar cult center ⓘ
roadConnection Troncal del Llano highway ⓘ
sports football ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Boyacá ⓘ
timezone UTC-5 ⓘ
transport regional bus terminal ⓘ
wasReligiousCenterOf Muisca religion ⓘ
linked to: Muisca

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Boyacá Department → hasCity → Sogamoso ⓘ
Paipa → locatedNear → Sogamoso ⓘ
Duitama → locatedNear → Sogamoso ⓘ
Monguí → roadAccessFrom → Sogamoso ⓘ
Sugamuxi Province → capital → Sogamoso ⓘ
Suamox → indigenousNameOf → Sogamoso ⓘ
Suamox → locatedIn → Sogamoso ⓘ
Suamox → colonialNameDerivedAs → Sogamoso ⓘ
Suamox → modernSuccessorSite → Sogamoso ⓘ
City of the Sun → refersTo → Sogamoso ⓘ
City of the Sun → appliesTo → Sogamoso ⓘ
Sugamuxi → residence → Sogamoso ⓘ
subject linked to: Sugamuxi (Muisca high priest)
Tota → locatedNear → Sogamoso ⓘ
Tota → borderedBy → Sogamoso ⓘ
UPTC → hasCampusIn → Sogamoso ⓘ
Iraca Valley → hasNearbyCity → Sogamoso ⓘ
Sogamoso Sun Temple → locatedIn → Sogamoso ⓘ