| Socotá | |
| 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: | William Eusebio Correa Durán (2020-2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 19 January 1602 |
| Founder: | Gonzalo Sánchez de Flandes |
| Area Total Km2: | 600.11 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 1 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 9812 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1095 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2443 |
| Website: | Official website |
Socotá is a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The municipality is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The urban centre is at an altitude of 2443m (8,015feet) at a distance of 134km (83miles) from the department capital Tunja. It borders Jericó and Sativanorte in the north, Pisba and Mongua in the south, Chita and Támara, Casanare in the east and Sativasur, Tasco, Socha and Gámeza in the west.[1]
The name Socotá comes from Chibcha and means either "Land of the Sun and farmfields" or "Good harvest".[2]
Before the Spanish conquest, Socotá was the northeasternmost part of the loose Muisca Confederation. It was ruled either by the iraca of Sugamuxi or by the Tundama based in Tundama.[2]
Modern Socotá was founded on January 19, 1602 by Gonzalo Sanchez de Flandes.[1]
Main economic activity of Socotá is livestock farming and on a minor scale coal mining.[1]