Simacota
Simacota is a city in Colombia with a population of about 2,156.
Simacota is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. In 1965, the city had briefly been invaded by more than 100 members of the anti-government Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), the "National Liberation Army") and "captured the public imagination" in its first act as a new guerrilla organization. The invaders murdered three of Simacota's four policemen, robbed the local bank, harassed the townspeople and looted the local pharmacy of its medicines, before being driven out by the Colombian Army. Only three of the 100 ELN men were captured.
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About Simacota
| Country | Colombia |
| Continent | South America |
| Explore | 26 |
| Population | 2,156 |
| Local currency | COP |
| Coordinates | 6.4429, -73.3369 |
| Time zone | America/Bogota |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 220 km · Bogota |
| Population (Colombia) | #803 most populated in Colombia |
| Where on Earth | 6°26′34″N · 73°20′13″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 717 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 9,302 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 98% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Enugu (Nigeria) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -6.44, 106.66 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| New York | 3,811 km |
| São Paulo | 4,419 km |
| Los Angeles | 5,534 km |
| London | 8,289 km |
| Paris | 8,423 km |
| Moscow | 10,692 km |