Socha ( Spanish Socha ) is a small town and municipality in the east of the central part of Colombia , in the territory of the Boyaca department. Included in the province of Valderrama .
| City | |||
| Socha | |||
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| isp. Socha | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| Department | Boyaca | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Based | 1540 | ||
| Square | 264 km² | ||
| Center height | 2685 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC-5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 7140 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| socha-boyaca.gov.co (isp.) | |||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded on October 22, 1540. The municipality of Soča was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1870 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the eastern part of the department, in the highlands of the Eastern Cordillera , east of the Chicamocha River, approximately 84 kilometers northeast of the city of Tunja , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 2685 meters above sea level [2] .
The municipality of Soča is bordered in the north-west by the territories of the municipalities of Sativasur and Pas de Río , in the south-west and the south by the municipality of Taxco , and in the east by the municipality of Sokot . The area of the municipality is 264 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 7140 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by year:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7593 | 7550 | 7505 | 7469 | 7432 | 7384 | 7342 | 7297 | 7241 | 7194 | 7140 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 50.2% of the population of Sochi, women - respectively 49.8%. Racially whites and mestizos accounted for 99.9% of the city’s population; Blacks , mulattoes, and Riesale - 0.1% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 90.4%.
Economy
62.2% of the total number of city and municipal enterprises are enterprises of the trade sector, 31% are service enterprises, 6.6% are industrial enterprises, 0.2% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Transportation
Through the city passes the national highway number 64.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Información general (isp.) . Alcaldía de Socha - Boyacá.
- ↑ Socha (English) . GeoNames.
- Ye Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Socha - Boyacá (isp.) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.