| Socha | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Boyacá Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valderrama Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Zandra María Bernal Rincón (2020–2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 22 October 1540 |
| Area Total Km2: | 151 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 1.5 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 7140 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 3836 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2669 |
| Website: | Official website |
Socha is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Valderrama Province, which is a subregion of Boyacá. It borders Socotá in the east, Sativasur in the north, Tasco in the south and in the west Paz de Río.
The village is located in the Eastern Ranges at altitudes between 2600m (8,500feet) and 4000m (13,000feet).[1] Socha is the largest municipality in the Natural National Park Páramo de Pisba. The Chicamocha River forms the northern boundary of Socha.
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Socha was inhabited by the indigenous Pirgua and Boche tribes, belonging to the Muisca.[1]
Simón Bolívar passed through Socha in his march for the independence of Colombia. The town center was moved in 1870 due to a landslide. Close to the Boche waterfall in the municipality petroglyphs have been found.[1]
The name Socha is derived from the Chibcha words So ("Sun"; Sué) and Cha ("Moon"; Chía), "Land of the Sun and the Moon".[2]
Main economical activity of Socha is coal and sandstone mining. To a lesser extent also livestock farming and agriculture are executed.[1]