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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             = Escudo de El Socorro.svg
|image_map              = MunsSantander-socorro.png
|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}}
(contracted; show full)|elevation_m            = 1300
|elevation_ft           = 4,265
|website                = http://www.socorro-santander.gov.co
|footnotes              = 
}}



[[Image:MunsSantander-socorro.png|thumb|right|250px|Location of the town and municipality of '''Socorro''' in the [[Santander Department]].]]
'''Socorro''' is a town and municipality in the [[Santander Department]] in northeastern [[Colombia]]. It was founded in 1681 by Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia. There began the revolution of the Communards of 1781(revolucion de los comuneros), against the oppression of Spanish rule. 

Socorro was the capital of Santander between 1862 and 1886.

==History==

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


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