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{{Infobox Settlement
|name          = Socorro, Santander
|native_name             =
|nickname               = 
|motto                  = 
|settlement_type        = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town
|image_skyline          = Socorro Cathedral.jpg
|imagesize              = 
|image_caption          = The Socorro Cathedral, one of the Town's most known landmarks.
|image_flag             = BanderaSoc 1.jpg
|image_seal             = Socorro Seal.jpg
|image_map              = 
|mapsize                = 250px
|map_caption            = Location of the municipality and town of Socorro, Santander in the Santander  Department of Colombia.
|pushpin_map            = 
|pushpin_mapsize        =300
|pushpin_map_caption        =Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1       =[[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Santander Department]]
|subdivision_type2      = 
|subdivision_name2      = 
|leader_title           = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name            = Humberto Chinchilla Mora [[Partido conservador colombiano]]
|established_title      = Foundation
|established_date       = March 16, 1681
|founder                = Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento
|area_magnitude         = 
|area_total_km2         = 0.122.1 
|area_total_sq_mi       = 0.047.143
|area_land_km2          = 
|area_land_sq_mi        = 
|area_water_km2         = 
|area_water_sq_mi       = 
|area_water_percent     = 
|area_urban_km2         = 1.362.195
|area_urban_sq_mi       = 0.84749574
|area_rural_km2         = 46.29119.905
|area_rural_sq_mi       = 46.295583
|population_as_of       = 2005 census
|population_note        = 
|population_total       = approx. 30,000
|population_density_km2 = 252
|population_density_sq_mi = 156
|population_metro       =
|population_density_metro_km2 =
(contracted; show full)Extension urban area: 219.5 hectares 
Extension rural area: 11,990.5 hectares 

Altitude (meters above sea level): 1,230 [[m]] 

Average temperature: 24 º C 

Reference distance: 
6 hours from364 Km (6 hours by car) from Bogota, the capital of the Republic, and 121 km (2.30 h) of from Bucaramanga (the Department's Capital) 

==Education==
The Town is home to two collegiate education institutions.

1.[[Industrial University of Santander]]

2.[[Free University of Colombia]]


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==See also==
[[Santander, Colombia]]

==External links==
*{{es icon}} [http://www.socorro-santander.gov.co/sitio.shtml Socorro official website]

{{Municipalities santander department}}

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


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