Sopó

Sopó is a town located in Cundinamarca, Colombia. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (4.908°, -73.940°). Recent open-data figures place its population at about 25,782. At this altitude the town qualifies as a true highland settlement. Population density therefore averages about 230 per km², a sparse settlement pattern. Spanning an area of about 112 km², Sopó lies at a very high elevation of 2495 m. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience cooler air and shorter growing seasons than surrounding lowlands, tempered by elevation. Public records associate its founding with 1653. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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