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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Socorro canonical 12
Socorro Municipality 2
Socorro region 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalOf Socorro Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Socorro
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 Comuneros Revolt of 1781 ⓘ
hasLocalFestivity Fiestas de la Virgen del Socorro ⓘ
independence commemorations ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Socorro ⓘ
linked to: Socorro, New Mexico
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 Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Socorro
knownFor role in early Colombian independence movements ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Santander Department ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Comunera Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Colombia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
locatedNear Suárez River ⓘ
locatedOn 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

San Gil → nearbyTown → Socorro ⓘ
Socorro → capitalOf → Socorro Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Socorro
Socorro → isMunicipalSeatOf → Socorro Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Socorro
Fonce River → flowsThrough → Socorro ⓘ
Suárez River → passesNear → Socorro ⓘ
Charalá → nearbyMunicipality → Socorro ⓘ
Comunera Province → capital → Socorro ⓘ
Universidad Libre – Socorro campus → regionServed → Socorro region ⓘ
linked to: Socorro
War of the Supremes → significantPlace → Socorro region ⓘ
linked to: Socorro