Huila ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwila] ) is one of the departments of Colombia . It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva .
15-547: Suaza ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈswasa] ) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department , Colombia . 1°59′N 75°49′W / 1.983°N 75.817°W / 1.983; -75.817 This Huila Department location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Huila Department Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 (60.54%) live in urban areas and 442,955 (39.46%) in
30-550: Is a department of Southwestern Colombia . Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño Department to the south. Putumayo and Caqueta Departments border the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. It covers a total area of 29,308 km (11,316 sq mi),
45-1320: Is also located in this department. [REDACTED] Amazonas [REDACTED] Antioquia [REDACTED] Arauca [REDACTED] Atlántico [REDACTED] Bolívar [REDACTED] Boyacá [REDACTED] Caldas [REDACTED] Caquetá [REDACTED] Casanare [REDACTED] Cauca [REDACTED] Cesar [REDACTED] Chocó [REDACTED] Córdoba [REDACTED] Cundinamarca [REDACTED] Guainía [REDACTED] Guaviare [REDACTED] Huila [REDACTED] La Guajira [REDACTED] Magdalena [REDACTED] Meta [REDACTED] Nariño [REDACTED] N. Santander [REDACTED] Putumayo [REDACTED] Quindío [REDACTED] Risaralda [REDACTED] San Andrés [REDACTED] Santander [REDACTED] Sucre [REDACTED] Tolima [REDACTED] Valle del Cauca [REDACTED] Vaupés [REDACTED] Vichada Capital district: [REDACTED] Bogotá Cauca Department Cauca Department ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkawka] , Spanish : Departamento del Cauca )
60-652: Is divided into 42 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and populated places. The municipalities are grouped into 27 circles and 29 notaries: a circle-based registration in Popayán and eight sectional offices based in Bolívar , Caloto , Puerto Tejada , Santander de Quilichao , Patia , Guapi and Silvia , makes up the judicial district of Popayán. This district possesses 8 judicial circuit seats in Popayán, Bolívar, Caloto, Guapi, Patia, Puerto Tejada, Santander de Quilichao and Silvia. The department makes up
75-628: The Pasto Massif and towards the north it diverges forming the Central and Eastern Andes. The Colombian Massif is a strategic national and international level, given its significance for water production, biodiversity and ecosystems, an area that represents a special conformation of the regions with more potential for development in Colombia. Cauca Department can be divided into the following hydrographic regions: Gorgonilla and Gorgona islands are located in
90-516: The 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán . The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in the Andean and Pacific regions (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W and 77°57′05″W longitude) plus a tiny part ( Piamonte ) in the Amazonian region . The area makes up 2.56% of the country. Cauca Department
105-403: The Pacific Ocean and belong to Cauca Department. The Cauca economy is based primarily on agriculture and livestock production, forestry, fishing and trade. Agriculture has been developed and modernized in the northern department, with the main crops being sugar cane, cane panela, conventional maize, rice, corn tech, banana, agave, yucca, potatoes, coconut, sorghum, cocoa, groundnut, and palm. In
120-775: The Western and Central Cordilleras, is seen as a landmark within the plateau of the hill of La Tetilla. Among the most representative landmarks of the Colombian Massif, shared with the department of Huila , are the Páramo del Buey, the volcanoes of Cutanga and Puracé, the peak of Paletará, and the Sierra Nevada of Coconucos. Patia Valley, where the Patia River runs north–south and framed by the Central and Western mountain ranges, extends into Nariño Department . The Amazonian salient corresponds to
135-468: The constituency of Cauca. The relief of the territory of the department of Cauca belongs to the Andean system at the macro level seven distinguishing morphological units: The Pacific Plate comprises two sectors, firstly the alluvial coastal belt or platform characterized by low, swampy, mangrove forest with many rivers estuaries subject to the ebb and flow of tides, the remainder is a plain or hills comprising
150-815: The country. According to the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), Huila's surface area is 19,890 km², which is about 1.74% of the total surface area of Colombia. The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif . The Cordillera Oriental branches off from the Colombia Massif here. This is caused by the rise of the Magdalena River (also called Yuma River), Colombia's longest river and its largest basin. The Magdalena River has two large dams: Betania and El Quimbo . Colombia's third highest peak, Nevado del Huila volcano,
165-401: The lowest in the municipalities of Colombia and Villavieja (7.83 and 10.91 respectively). According to DANE , the racial composition of Huila is as follows: 98.43% recognize themselves as Whites and Mestizos , while only 1.57% as an ethnic population ( Amerindians and Afro / Mulattos ). This makes it one of departments with the highest percentage of non-ethnic affiliated population in
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#1733085548059180-524: The population is located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata ; the North Subregion is undergoing a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to alterations of agricultural and oil activities on the landscape. The average population density in the department is 59.88 inhabitants / km , with the highest densities in Neiva (223.72), Pitalito (200.1) and Garzón (162.45), and with
195-505: The rest of the Huilense territory. This amounts to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of it is settled in the Magdalena valley , the main urban centers being Neiva and Garzón , due to the possibilities offered by commercial-type agricultural economy, oil production, access to basic public services and roads connected to the central road axis along the Magdalena . The rest of
210-611: The so-called Bota Caucana, through which flows the Japurá River . The Colombian Massif, also called the Nudo de Almaguer , is a mountainous section of Andean natural region formed by the convergence of two major mountain ranges, the Central and the Eastern cordilleras. The massif extends through the departments of Cauca, Huila , and Nariño . Towards the south, the Colombian Massif is continued by
225-574: The western slopes of the western cordillera. The western cordillera in Cauca extends from southwest to northeast. Among the most important landmarks are the blade of Napí, the hills of Guaduas, Munchique, and Naya, and the Cauca River Valley. The central mountain range crosses the department from south to north; relevant landmarks include Sotará Colcano, Petacas Nevado del Huila , and the departmental boundary. The highlands of Popayán, sandwiched between
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