Simacota

Simacota is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . In 1965, the city had briefly been invaded by more than 100 members of the anti-government Ejército de Liberación Nacional, the "National Liberation Army") and "captured the public imagination" in its first act as a new guerrilla organization.
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  • Type: Town with 10,000 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Santander
  • Also known as: “Simacota (belediye)”, “Simacota (Colombia)”, and “Simacota belediyesi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palmas del Socorro and Socorro.

Town
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Palmas Socorro is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . is situated 7 km southeast of Simacota.

Town
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is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . is situated 9 km east of Simacota.

Simacota

Latitude
6.44351° or 6° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.33742° or 73° 20′ 15″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
1,057 metres (3,468 feet)
Open location code
67R8CMV7+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703169220
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3668023
Wiki­data ID
Q1578171
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Simacota” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Simacota”
  • Cebuano: “Simacota”
  • Chinese: “錫馬科塔”
  • Chinese: “锡马科塔”
  • Dutch: “Simacota”
  • French: “Simacota”
  • Galician: “Simacota”
  • Georgian: “სიმაკოტა”
  • German: “Simacota”
  • Irish: “Simacota”
  • Italian: “Simacota”
  • Kotava: “Simacota”
  • Malay: “Simacota”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Simacota”
  • Persian: “سیماکوتا”
  • Polish: “Simacota”
  • Russian: “Симакота”
  • Spanish: “Simacota”
  • Swedish: “Simacota”
  • Tagalog: “Simacota”
  • Turkish: “Simacota”
  • Vietnamese: “Simacota”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Simacota”
  • “Simacota”

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