Socorro

Not to be confused with Sirocco.

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, Brazil
• Socorro River, a river in Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil
• Socorro Island, an older name for Guamblin Island, Chile
• Socorro, Santander, a town and municipality in Santander Department, Colombia
• Socorro Province, in the former country of Gran Colombia
• Socorro, Goa, a village in Goa, India
• Socorro Island (Isla Socorro), Mexico
• Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, a municipality
• Socorro, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, a municipality
• Socorro, Quezon City, a barangay of Quezon City
• Socorro (Lisbon), a parish in Portugal
• Socorro, New Mexico, 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, Brazil

People

• Héctor Socorro (1912–1980), Cuban footballer
• Juan Carlos Socorro (born 1972), Venezuelan footballer
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975), Brazilian author
• Socorro Santiago (born 1951), American actress
• Socorro Tellado Lopez (1927–2009), Spanish author
• Socorro Venegas (born 1972), Mexican writer
• Vilma Socorro Martínez (born 1943), American diplomat

Animals

• Socorro blenny
• Socorro dove
• Socorro elf owl
• Socorro isopod (Socorro sowbug)
• Socorro mockingbird
• Socorro parakeet
• Socorro springsnail
• Socorro towhee
• Socorro wren

Other uses

• Socorro (TransMilenio), a mass transit station in Bogotá, Colombia
• Church of Our Lord of Socorro, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
• socorro, a breakpad server written in Python
• Socorro Nobre, a 1995 documentary film
• Socorro Rojo Internacional, International Red Aid
• Socorro Rojo del P.O.U.M., a Spanish aid society during the 1930s civil war
• "Socorro", a song by Brazilian singer Bruno Sutter off his 2015 album Bruno Sutter