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{{Infobox Settlement
|name          = Socorro, Santander
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|settlement_type        = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town
|image_skyline          = Socorro Cathedral.jpg
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[[File:Rural socorro.jpg|thumb|Farm building in Socorro in the outer rural part of the town.]]

Its boundaries are north to the town of Cabrera and Pinchote the south by the Socorro Confines and Palms on the east with Paramo on the west with Simacota and Palmar.

===
Relief=== 
The relief is presented in general termsLanscape=== 
Socorro's landscape rangeds from strongly inclined (25% to 50%) to very steep (slopes greater than 75%), with. Having areas of gentle relief whichslope determines the usage of land to nature conservation, forestry or exploiting semibloques permanent crops such as coffee, sugar cane, citrus, banana, cassava, tomato, beans, millet, corn, watermelon, pumpkins, etc.. 

However, due to the needs of the population, these regions have been affected by logging and burning of native forests for the establishment of farming in unsuitable areas, or for operation in annual crops with the consequent danger of promoting to keep soil erosion, unprotected natural vegetation, so it's reforestation few programs do not consider the native vegetation to preserve the species by altering the native flora. 

The steep slopes prevent the use of heavy farm machinery, by tillage implements and utensils rudimentary and smaller tools.  

===Climate and vegetation=== 
The vast majority of the area which sits the Socorro corresponds to the weather that occurs in pre-montane humid forest (1,200 to 2,000 [[m]]) and tropical dry forest (900 to 1,200 masl). 

One of the main factors determining the climate of the municipality is its elevation, being located in a mountainous slope. His lands are distributed in warm and temperate climatic zones, being most of the land in production between 1,000 and 1,800 m above sea level. 

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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in the Santander Department]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Santander]]


[[es:Socorro (Santander)]]
[[fr:Socorro (Santander)]]