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{{Infobox Settlement
|name          = Socorro, Santander
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|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 know 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         = 0.1221 
|area_total_sq_mi       = 0.047143
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|population_as_of       = 2005 census
|population_note        = 
|population_total       = approx. 30,000
|population_density_km2 = 252
|population_density_sq_mi = 156
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|latd=|latm=|lats= |latNS=N
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|timezone               = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset             = -5
|timezone_DST           = 
|utc_offset_DST         = 
|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.
==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]]

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