Soacha Province

The Soacha Province within Cundinamarca Department

Soacha Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Soacha is considered the only borough in the country, and a part of Bogotá, but legally the Colombian Republic considers it a municipality.

Etymology

The name of the province Soacha is derived from the Chibcha words Súa; Sun god Sué and chá, "man"; "Man of the Sun".^[1]

Subdivision

Soacha is divided in 2 municipalities:

Soacha
Sibaté

References

↑ (Spanish) Official website Soacha

Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department

Almeidas Province	Chocontá Machetá Manta Sesquilé Suesca Tibiritá Villapinzón

Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios Girardot Guataquí Jerusalén Nariño Nilo Ricaurte Tocaima

Lower Magdalena Province	Caparrapí Guaduas Puerto Salgar

Gualivá Province	Albán La Peña La Vega Nimaima Nocaima Quebradanegra San Francisco Sasaima Supatá Útica Vergara Villeta

Guavio Province	Gachalá Gachetá Gama Guasca Guatavita Junín La Calera Ubalá

Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán Bituima Chaguaní Guayabal de Síquima Pulí San Juan de Rioseco Vianí

Medina Province	Medina Paratebueno

Eastern Province	Cáqueza Chipaque Choachí Fómeque Fosca Guayabetal Gutiérrez Quetame Ubaque Une

Rionegro Province	El Peñón La Palma Pacho Paime San Cayetano Topaipí Villagómez Yacopí

Central Savanna Province	Cajicá Chía Cogua Cota Gachancipá Nemocón Sopó Tabio Tenjo Tocancipá Zipaquirá

Western Savanna Province	Bojacá El Rosal Facatativá Funza Madrid Mosquera Subachoque Zipacón

Soacha Province	Sibaté Soacha

Sumapaz Province	Arbeláez Cabrera Fusagasugá Granada Pandi Pasca San Bernardo Silvania Tibacuy Venecia

Tequendama Province	Anapoima Anolaima Apulo Cachipay El Colegio La Mesa Quipile San Antonio del Tequendama Tena Viotá

Ubaté Province	Carmen de Carupa Cucunubá Fúquene Guachetá Lenguazaque Simijaca Susa Sutatausa Tausa Ubaté

Metropolitan Area of Bogotá	Bogotá, Capital District

See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca

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