Sopó

Also known as Sopo

Sopó is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The town is located 39 km north of the Colombian capital Bogotá.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sopó
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Sopó (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Sopó desde arriba.jpg
Settlement.image_size: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: View of Sopó
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Sopó.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Sopó.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Central Savanna Province

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Wikidata facts

Population: 29120
Area: 112
Elevation: 2495
Official website: www.sopo-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
Image: Sopó desde arriba.jpg

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Commons category: Sopó
inception: 1653-05-25

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Sopó is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The town is located 39 km north of the Colombian capital Bogotá.

== History == The area of Sopó was inhabited first by indigenous groups during the Herrera Period and later the Muisca before the arrival of the Spanish in 1537. It was part of the zipazgo ruled from Bacatá.