Yaguará
Yaguará | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square and church | |
Location of the municipality and town of Yaguará in the Huila Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 2°39′58″N 75°31′07″W / 2.66611°N 75.5186°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Huila |
| Subregion | Subnorte |
| Founded | 13 March 1623 |
| Founded by | Francisco Gómez Quintero |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rafael Ramírez González (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 329 km2 (127 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 8,952 | |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7,587 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Yaguará (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝaɣwaˈɾa]) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The urban centre is located at an elevation of 650 metres (2,130 ft) in the Magdalena River Valley and the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Teruel and Palermo in the north, Gigante, Hobo and Tesalia in the south, Campoalegre and Hobo in the east and Tesalia and Iquira in the west. The departmental capital Neiva is 49 kilometres (30 mi) to the northeast. The Betania Reservoir is situated within the boundaries of Yaguará.