Socorro, Santander

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Socorro, Santander is a historic town in northeastern Colombia renowned as the cradle of the 1781 Comunero Revolt against Spanish colonial rule.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Socorro, Santander canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalOf Socorro Province, Santander ⓘ
climate mild subtropical highland climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 6.468°N 73.260°W ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
demonym socorrana ⓘ
socorrano ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
coffee production ⓘ
panela (unrefined cane sugar) production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1230 metres ⓘ
founder José de Archila ⓘ
foundingDate 1683 ⓘ
governingBody Alcaldía Municipal de Socorro ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Universidad Libre – Seccional Socorro ⓘ
Universidad de Santander (campus Socorro) ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Monument of Colombia (historic center) ⓘ
hasPart Catedral Nuestra Señora del Socorro ⓘ
Iglesia de San Laureano ⓘ
Parque Principal de Socorro ⓘ
historic colonial houses ⓘ
heritageStatusReason role in Colombian independence history ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
historicalSignificance cradle of the Comunero Revolt of 1781 ⓘ
isPartOf Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Santander Department ⓘ
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Suárez River basin ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Colombia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
locatedNear Barichara, Santander ⓘ
San Gil, Santander ⓘ
locatedOnTerrainFeature Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
namedAfter Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Nuestra Señora del Socorro) ⓘ
population approximately 25,000 inhabitants ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent Comunero Revolt of 1781 ⓘ
signing of the Acta de Independencia del Socorro (1771 local autonomy act) ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Santander Department ⓘ
timeZoneOffset UTC−5 ⓘ
tourism gateway to adventure tourism in nearby San Gil ⓘ
historical and cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
transport connected by road to Bogotá ⓘ
connected by road to Bucaramanga ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Comunero Revolt in New Granada → location → Socorro, Santander ⓘ
Santander (department) → contains → Socorro, Santander ⓘ
subject linked to: Santander
Iglesia de San Laureano → locatedInTown → Socorro, Santander ⓘ