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|name          = Socorro, Santander
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|settlement_type        = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town
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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 [[
metre|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. 

The temperature reaches 28 ° C and minimum 17 ° C, with an average of 24 ° C, rainfall is enhanced during the months of April and October, while the season between the months of January and March is the most dry.<ref>[http://www.socorro-santander.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m1I1--&m=f#geografia] Geografia Del Socorro<!---bot generated title--></ref> 

===Municipal Boundaries=== 
Its boundaries are north to the town of Cabrera and Pinchote; the south and PALMAS DEL SOCORRO; with PARAMO east on the west with Simacota and Palmar. 

Total area: 122.1 km ² 

Extension urban area: 219.5 hectares 
Extension rural area: 11,990.5 hectares 

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

Average temperature: 24 º C 

Reference distance: 364 Km (6 hours by car) from Bogota, the capital of the Republic, and 121 km (2.30 h) 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]
* [http://visitasantander.co/guide/index/en#!/s/en/:municipality/socorro/santander.htm Tourism Information Socorro]

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[[Category:Populated places in the Santander Department]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Santander]]

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