Socorro is a Portuguese- Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. ''

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''). It may also refer to:

Places

Socorro, São Paulo Socorro is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The city is located on the "do Peixe" River and in Mantiqueira Mountains, bordering the state of Minas Gerais to the north and east. Currently, the city's economy is based in the se ...

, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil *

Socorro (district of São Paulo) Socorro (Portuguese for "Help") is a district in the subprefecture of Capela do Socorro, in southern São Paulo, Brazil. Between the Guarapiranga and Billings Reservoirs, lies the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Education Colégio Humboldt São ...

, a district in São Paulo city, Brazil *

Socorro River The Socorro River is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Rio Grande do Sul List of rivers in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with r ...

, a river in Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil * Socorro Island, an older name for

Guamblin Island __FORCETOC__ Guamblin Island, also known as Socorro Island, Nuestra Señora del Socorro, or Huamblin, is a Chilean island located in the Pacific Ocean. The island is designated as a National Park and is recognized as an Important Bird Area due t ...

, Chile * Socorro, Santander, a town and municipality in Santander Department, Colombia * Socorro Province, in the former country of Gran Colombia *

Socorro, Goa Socorro is a village that lies five kilometres to the east of Mapusa town in Bardez taluka. It is administered by a ''panchayat'' represented by members from the seven wards of Ambirna, Arrarim, Carrem, Maina, Porvorim, Vaddem and Zosvaddo. It i ...

, a village in Goa, India * Socorro Island (''Isla Socorro''), Mexico *

Socorro, Surigao del Norte Socorro, officially the Municipality of Socorro ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Socorro; tl, Bayan ng Socorro), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,942 ...

, Philippines, a municipality *

Socorro, Oriental Mindoro Socorro, officially the Municipality of Socorro ( tgl, Bayan ng Socorro), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,585 people. Socorro is located at th ...

, Philippines, a municipality * Socorro, a barangay of Quezon City *

Socorro (Lisbon) Socorro (English: '' Succour'') is a former parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in ...

, a parish in Portugal *

Socorro, New Mexico Socorro (, '' sə-KOR-oh'') is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . In 2010 the population was 9,051. It is the county seat of Socorro County. Socorro is located south of A ...

, a city in the United States * Socorro County, New Mexico * Socorro, Texas, a city in the United States * El Socorro (disambiguation), multiple uses *

Socorro do Piauí Socorro do Piauí is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Bra ...

, Brazil

People

Héctor Socorro Héctor Socorro Varela (26 June 1912 – 1980) was a Cuban footballer. International career He represented Cuba at the 1938 World Cup in France, scoring three goals in the two matches against Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a co ...

(1912–1980), Cuban footballer *

Juan Carlos Socorro Juan Carlos Socorro Vera (born 13 May 1972) is a Venezuelan retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Spanish club UD San Fernando. Club career Save for one season, Caracas-born Socorro spent his entire professional ca ...

(born 1972), Venezuelan footballer *

Socorro Acioli Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1975. She is a journalist, has a master's degree in Brazilian literature and is currently following a PhD. in Literary Studies at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro. She started h ...

(born 1975), Brazilian author * Socorro Santiago (born 1951), American actress *

Socorro Tellado Lopez Socorro is a Portuguese-Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to: Places * Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil * Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Br ...

(1927–2009), Spanish author *

Socorro Venegas Socorro Venegas (born in 1972) is a Mexican writer. Biography Socorro Venegas was born in San Luis Potosí in 1972. She currently lives in Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital ...

(born 1972), Mexican writer *

Vilma Socorro Martínez Vilma Socorro Martínez (born October 17, 1943) is an American lawyer, civil rights activist and diplomat who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. Biography Early life Vilma Soc ...

(born 1943), American diplomat

Animals

Socorro blenny Socorro is a Portuguese-Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to: Places * Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil * Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Br ...

* Socorro dove *

Socorro elf owl The elf owl (''Micrathene whitneyi'') is a small grayish-brown owl about the size of a sparrow found in the Southwestern United States, central Mexico, and the Baja California peninsula. It has pale yellow eyes highlighted by thin white "eyebro ...

* Socorro isopod (

Socorro sowbug ''Thermosphaeroma thermophilum'' is a crustacean in the family Sphaeromatidae. It is commonly known as the Socorro isopod or Socorro sowbug. It was Endemism, endemic to the thermal water oSedillo Spring This was located in Socorro County, New M ...

) * Socorro mockingbird *

Socorro parakeet The Socorro parakeet (''Psittacara brevipes'') is a species of parrot endemic to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Some ornithologists consider it to be a subspecies of the green parakeet (''Psittacara holochlorus''). Its natur ...

Socorro springsnail The Socorro springsnail, scientific name ''Pyrgulopsis neomexicana'', is an endangered species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. Th ...

Socorro towhee The spotted towhee (''Pipilo maculatus'') is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. A ...

* Socorro wren

Other uses

Socorro (TransMilenio) The simple station Socorro is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000. Location The station is located in southern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas with Carreras 15 y 16. It serves the ...

, a mass transit station in Bogotá, Colombia *

Church of Our Lord of Socorro The Church of Senhor do Socorro ( pt, Igreja do Senhor do Socorro) is an 18th-century Baroque sanctuary situated in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Labruja, municipality of Ponte de Lima Municipality, Ponte de Lima, in the Portugal, Portu ...

, Ponte de Lima, Portugal * socorro, a

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Socorro Nobre ''Life Somewhere Else'' ( pt, Socorro Nobre) is a 1995 short documentary film directed by Walter Salles. It tells the story of Maria do Socorro Nobre, a Brazilian woman who, while serving a 20-year prison sentence, becomes inspired by the stor ...

'', a 1995 documentary film * Socorro Rojo Internacional, International Red Aid *

Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M. ''Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M.'' ('POUM Red Aid') was a volunteer organization in Spain, active during the Spanish Civil War. The organization was set up by the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), modelled after the Communist Party of Spain ( ...

, a Spanish aid society during the 1930s civil war * "Socorro", a song by Brazilian singer Bruno Sutter off his 2015 album '' Bruno Sutter'' {{disambiguation, geo, surname