Sopó
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
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|image_skyline = Sopó desde arriba.jpg
|image_size = 300px
|image_caption = View of Sopó
|image_seal = Escudo de Sopó.jpg
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Central Savanna Province
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Miguel Alejandro Rico Suárez
(2020–2024)
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 25 May 1653
|founder = Friar Francisco Chacón
|elevation_m = 2650
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|area_total_km2 = 111.1
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|population_as_of = 2018 census
|population_footnotes = [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25758 Citypopulation.de]
|population_total = 25287
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|population_demonym = Soposeño/a(s)
|coordinates = {{coord|4|55|N|73|56|W|display=inline,title}}
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|website = [http://www.sopo-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website]
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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.
In the coat of arms of the town in the lower left quadrant a Muisca pattern can be seen.
Borders
Economy
The major economical activity in Sopó is agriculture and especially dairy. The third largest Colombian dairy company Alpina was founded in Sopó in 1945.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.sopo-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Sopó] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221203730/http://www.sopo-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml |date=2016-02-21 }}
Gallery
File:La cabaña de Alpina.jpg|Alpina wholesale
File:Sendero a la Cruz.jpg|Sendero de la Cruz walking trail
File:2017 Briceño estación ferroviaria Colombia.jpg|Briceño Train Station
File:Iglesia y Casa Cural del Divino Salvador.jpg|Church and cultural center of Sopó
File:Casablanca Salas.jpg|Hacienda Casablanca South
File:Puente Sopo.jpg|Replica of the bridge built in 1695
References
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Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department