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Huila

Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.
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Top destinations include Neiva and Nevado del Huila National Natural Park.

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is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central . It is located in the valley of the with a municipal population of 392,009 as on 2026.

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is a large national park in the region of western . It protects the area surrounding the Navado del Huila volcano.

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San Agustín is a small town in the department of Huila in that is famous for its pre-Columbian statues. The area has many rock carvings depicting animals. In one waterfall a beautifully carved gorilla faces out of the cascading water.

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is a village in the Huila department of whose main interest is its proximity to the Tatacoa Desert.

Huila

Latitude of center
2.4739° or 2° 28′ 26″ north
Longitude of center
-75.59° or 75° 35′ 24″ west
Population
994,000
Elevation
758 metres (2,487 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 306394577
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3680692
Wiki­data ID
Q234920
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Huila” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Huila (departement)”
  • Afrikaans: “Huila”
  • Arabic: “إدارة هويلا”
  • Asturian: “departamentu d’Huila”
  • Asturian: “Huila”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uila”
  • Basque: “Huila”
  • Bengali: “হুইলা বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Huila”
  • Bulgarian: “Уила”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Huila”
  • Catalan: “Huila”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento del Huila”
  • Chinese: “Huila”
  • Chinese: “乌伊拉省”
  • Chinese: “烏伊拉省”
  • Croatian: “Huila”
  • Czech: “Huila”
  • Danish: “Huila Department”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Huila”
  • Dutch: “Huila”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Ujlao”
  • Esperanto: “Huila”
  • Esperanto: “Ujlao”
  • Finnish: “Huila”
  • French: “Département de Huila”
  • French: “Huila”
  • Galician: “Departamento do Huila”
  • Galician: “Huila”
  • Georgian: “უილის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “CO-HUI”
  • German: “Departamento de Huila”
  • German: “Departamento del Huila”
  • German: “Huila”
  • Greek: “Χουίλα”
  • Gujarati: “હુઈલા વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “וילה”
  • Hindi: “हुइला विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “Huila megye”
  • Iloko: “Departamento ti Huila”
  • Iloko: “Huila”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Huila”
  • Irish: “Huila”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Huila”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Huila”
  • Italian: “Huila”
  • Japanese: “ウィラ県”
  • Japanese: “ウイラ県”
  • Kannada: “ಹುಯಿಲಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “우일라주”
  • Kotava: “KolombiaHuilaWinka”
  • Ladino: “Huila”
  • Latvian: “Uilas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Huila”
  • Lithuanian: “Huilos departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Uila”
  • Lithuanian: “Uilos departamentas”
  • Malagasy: “Departamentan’i Huila”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Huila”
  • Marathi: “हुईला विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Huila”
  • Northern Frisian: “Huila (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Huila”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huila”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Huila-departementet”
  • Norwegian: “Huila”
  • Ossetian: “Уилæ (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Уилæ”
  • Persian: “بخش اویلا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هویلا”
  • Polish: “Huila”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Huila”
  • Portuguese: “Huila”
  • Quechua: “Huila suyu”
  • Russian: “Уила”
  • Samogitian: “Oilas departaments”
  • Scots: “Huila Depairtment”
  • Scots: “Huila, Colombie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Huila”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roinn Huila”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huila”
  • Sinhala: “හුයිලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, කොලොම්බියාව”
  • Sinhala: “හුයිලා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Slovenian: “Departma Huila”
  • Slovenian: “Huila”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Huila”
  • Spanish: “Departamento del Huila”
  • Spanish: “Huila”
  • Spanish: “Huilenses”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵙⵓⴳⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵀⵡⴰⵢⵍⴰ”
  • Swedish: “Huila”
  • Tagalog: “Huila”
  • Tamil: “ஹுஇலா துறை”
  • Tatar: “Уила департаменты”
  • Telugu: “హుయిలా డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “హుయిలా విభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอุยลา”
  • Turkish: “Huila”
  • Ukrainian: “Уїла”
  • Urdu: “ہوئلا ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “ہوئلا محکمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Huila”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính Huila”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Huila”
  • Wayuu: “Wuiila”
  • Western Armenian: “Հուիլայի վարչակազմ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہولا ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “乌伊拉省”
  • Yoruba: “Huila Department”
  • “Oilas departaments”

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