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
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...
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
Zipaquirá () is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Cogua and Nemocón to the north; Tocancipá to the east; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south; and Subachoque and ...
and
Tocancipá
*South:
La Calera
*East:
Guasca
*West:
Cajicá
Cajicá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca, north of the capital Bogotá. It is located in the Central Savanna Province, being the third most populous municipality in the province after Zipaquirá and Chí ...
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.
[Official website Sopó]
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
References
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Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Populated places established in 1653
1653 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Muisca Confederation