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Sopo may refer to: * Sopó, a town in Colombia * Sopo (structure), a storage or granary structure in Batak Toba culture * Sopo River, a river in South Sudan * Sopo, Portugal, a town in Portugal See also * Korean cannon Cannons appeared in Korea by the mid 14th century during the Goryeo dynasty and quickly proliferated as naval and fortress-defense weapons. Major developments occurred throughout the 15th century, including the introduction of large siege mortars a ...
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Sopó
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 *North: Zipaquirá and Tocancipá *South: La Calera *East: Guasca *West: Cajicá and Chía. Economy The major economical activity in Sopó is agriculture and especially dairy. The third largest Colombian dairy company Alpina Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co. KG is an automobile manufacturing company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany that develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW cars. Alpina works closely with BMW an ... was founded in Sopó in 1945.
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Sopo (structure)
A sopo is a treasury structure in the architecture of the Toba Batak people from North Sumatra, Indonesia. Its form is similar to that of a Batak traditional house with the exception of being smaller in size and a construction ritual that is the opposite of a Batak house. Sopo is used as a repository for various items, e.g. rice, magical items, or trophies. Sopo can also be used as a meeting point for social activities. Description The word ''sopo'' is a Batak word which indicates a structure which is used to store items, whether it is to store rice (''sopo eme'', ''eme'' means "rice"), to store war trophies (e.g. wild boar or human skulls, or the smoked and dried hands of the enemies), or to store magic ritual items (e.g. the pustahas or magic batons) The sopo generally has similar appearance with the house of Batak Toba (''ruma''), but in the case of sopo, it is designed as an open structure as opposed to the closed structure of a house. The pavilion-like open space is used a ...
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Sopo River
The Sopo River is a river in South Sudan's state of Western Bahr el Ghazal. Course The Sopo river rises on the border with the Central African Republic, and flows in a generally northeast direction past the town of Sopo. to join the Boro River on the border with Northern Bahr el Ghazal. The combined stream is the Magadhik River, which in turn joins the Chel River to form the Lol River, a tributary of the Bahr al-Arab. See also *List of rivers of South Sudan This is a list of streams and rivers in South Sudan, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article. The list may not be comprehensive. The hydrology of the eastern part of South Sudan is compl ... External linksSopo River References Western Bahr el Ghazal Bahr el Ghazal Rivers of South Sudan {{SouthSudan-river-stub ...
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Sopo, Portugal
Sopo is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira in the Portuguese northern district of Viana do Castelo. The population in 2011 was 557,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
in an area of 14.82 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
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