Zapatoca
Zapatoca is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It is at a high altitude and is a common stop between Bucaramanga and San Gil. It was built in the early 17th century by the Spanish conquistadores.Zapatoca
- Type: Town with 9,450 residents
- Also known as: “萨帕托卡”
- Category: locality
- Location: Santander Department, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
6.8149° or 6° 48′ 54″ north
Longitude
-73.2693° or 73° 16′ 10″ west
Population
9,450
Elevation
1,725 metres (5,659 feet)
Open location code
67R8RP7J+X7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Zapatoca” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Zapatoca”
- Bavarian: “Zapatoca”
- Cebuano: “Zapatoca”
- Chinese: “薩帕托卡”
- Dutch: “Zapatoca”
- French: “Zapatoca”
- Georgian: “საპატოკა”
- German: “Zapatoca”
- Irish: “Zapatoca”
- Italian: “Zapatoca”
- Malay: “Zapatoca”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Zapatoca”
- Persian: “زاپاتوکا”
- Polish: “Zapatoca”
- Russian: “Сапатока”
- Silesian: “Zapatoca”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Zapatoca”
- Swedish: “Zapatoca”
- Tagalog: “Zapatoca”
- Turkish: “Zapatoca”
- Vietnamese: “Zapatoca”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zapatoca”
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