South America
Colombia
Santander Department

Socorro

Socorro is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . It was founded in 1681 by José de Archila and José Díaz Sarmiento.
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  • Type: Town with 30,000 residents
  • Description: Colombian city of the department of Santander
  • Also known as: “Socorro, Santander”

Socorro

Latitude
6.4705° or 6° 28′ 14″ north
Longitude
-73.2623° or 73° 15′ 44″ west
Population
30,000
Elevation
1,414 metres (4,639 feet)
Open location code
67R8FPCQ+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10913268832
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3667888
Wiki­data ID
Q979980
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Socorro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوكورو، سانتاندر”
  • Asturian: “El Socorro (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “El Socorro”
  • Cebuano: “Socorro”
  • Chinese: “Socorro”
  • Chinese: “索科羅”
  • Dutch: “Socorro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوكورو”
  • French: “Socorro”
  • Galician: “Socorro, Santander”
  • Galician: “Socorro”
  • Georgian: “სოკორო”
  • German: “Socorro”
  • Irish: “Socorro”
  • Italian: “Socorro”
  • Japanese: “ソコーロ”
  • Kotava: “El Socorro”
  • Malay: “Socorro, Santander”
  • Malay: “Socorro”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Socorro”
  • Persian: “سوکورو”
  • Polish: “Socorro (Kolumbia)”
  • Polish: “Socorro”
  • Portuguese: “Socorro”
  • Russian: “Сокорро (Колумбия)”
  • Russian: “Сокорро”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Socorro”
  • Spanish: “El Socorro”
  • Spanish: “Socorro”
  • Swedish: “Socorro”
  • Tagalog: “Socorro, Santander”
  • Tagalog: “Socorro”
  • Turkish: “Socorro (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Socorro belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Socorro”
  • Vietnamese: “Socorro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Socorro, Santander”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Socorro”
  • “Socorro”

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