Huila Department

Department of Huila
Departamento del Huila

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Huila Coat of arms of the Department of Huila
Huila shown in red
Established	1905
Region	Andes Region
Capital	Neiva
Number of Municipalities	37
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Luis Jorge Sanchez Colombian Conservative Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 26 19,890 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 15 1,006,797[1] 50/km²
ISO code	CO-HUI
Government's Website: www.gobhuila.gov.co

Huila (Spanish: Huila) is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.

Geography

The Magdalena River (also called Yuma River) is Colombia's largest river, rises in Huila department. Some of Huila's most important towns are placed in the Magdalena River Valley.

Quimbo is a dam planned for the Río Yuma (Magdalena) .

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

• Acevedo
• Agrado
• Aipe
• Algeciras
• Altamira
• Baraya
• Campoalegre
• Colombia
• Elias
• Garzón
• Gigante
• Guadalupe
• Hobo
• Iquira
• Isnos
• La Argentina
• La Plata
• Nataga
• Neiva
• Oporapa
• Paicol
• Palermo
• Palestina
• Pital
• Pitalito
• Rivera
• Saladoblanco
• San Agustín
• Santa María
• Suaza
• Tarqui
• Tello
• Teruel
• Tesalia
• Timana
• Villavieja
• Yaguara

References

External links

• (Spanish) Government of Huila official website

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