Socotá is a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá.

The urban centre is at an altitude of 2,443 metres (8,015 ft) at a distance of 134 kilometres (83 mi) 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.

[2] Before the Spanish conquest, Socotá was the northeasternmost part of the loose Muisca Confederation.

[1] Main economic activity of Socotá is livestock farming and on a minor scale coal mining.