Somondoco
Sign in to saveSomondoco is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. This town and larger municipal area are located in the Valle de Tenza. The Valle de Tenza is the ancient route connecting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Llanos. The area is dotted with many such little towns all located at approximately the same altitude (1500–1700 meters). Somondoco borders Almeida in the east, Guayatá in the west, Guateque and Sutatenza in the north and in the south the Cundinamarca municipality of Ubalá.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Somondoco is referenced by 241 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Marmato and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Colombian emeralds and Municipalities of Boyacá Department.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Somondoco
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PlazaTorosSomon.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bull fighting arena Somondoco
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Somondoco (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Somondoco.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Somondoco in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eastern Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Edison Rolando Gaitán Roa(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 58.7
- Elevation
- 1670
- Official website
- www.somondoco-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- PlazaTorosSomon.JPG
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Somondoco
- inception
- 1537-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Somondoco is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. This town and larger municipal area are located in the Valle de Tenza. The Valle de Tenza is the ancient route connecting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Llanos. The area is dotted with many such little towns all located at approximately the same altitude (1500–1700 meters). Somondoco borders Almeida in the east, Guayatá in the west, Guateque and Sutatenza in the north and in the south the Cundinamarca municipality of Ubalá.
The nearest larger town is Guateque which is about 30 minutes away by car. In Somondoco are several small companies producing handicrafts and collectables.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somondoco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations