Santa Sofía, Boyacá
Santa Sofía
Guatoque | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square of Santa Sofía | |
Location of the municipality and town of Santa Sofía in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°45′N 73°35′W / 5.750°N 73.583°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Ricaurte Province |
| Founded | 10 January 1810 |
| Founded by | Spanish colonists ordered by Amar y Borbón |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | William Gustavo Parra Merchán (2020-2023) |
| Area | |
| 78 km2 (30 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 18 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,387 m (7,831 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 2,704 | |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 721 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Santa Sofía is a town and municipality in the Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province, Colombia. The urban centre of Santa Sofía is located at an altitude of 2,387 metres (7,831 ft) on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, with the highest elevated parts of the municipality, that have a páramo ecosystem, reaching 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Santa Sofía borders Moniquirá in the north, Gachantivá in the west, Villa de Leyva in the southeast, Sutamarchán in the south, Saboyá in the southwest, and Puente Nacional, Santander in the west.