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Neiva (Spanish pronunciation:) is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 357,392. [1] It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly because of its strategic geographical location.
The Universidad Surcolombiana (Spanish: Universidad Surcolombiana), also known as USCO, is a public, national, university based primarily in the city of Neiva, Huila, Colombia. See also [ edit ]
The 2003 Neiva bombing was a major bomb attack carried out by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels in the city of Neiva, Colombia on February 14, 2003. Sixteen people died and a dozen others were injured after the explosion of a car bomb near Benito Salas Airport .
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
The areas of Colombia, El Paraíso and Vegalarga were destroyed by the earthquake and Neiva and other populated areas in the north of Huila and south of Tolima notably affected. [8] In Neiva, 15 fatalities were counted and 100,000 people were affected. [5] Part of the church of Neiva collapsed.
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.
' Monument to the Race and to Mestizo-ship '), [1] simply known as the Monumento a la Raza, was a concrete-and-steel outdoor sculpture and monument in the city of Neiva, Huila, Colombia. It featured a Spanish conquistador, an indigenous woman, and their mixed-race infant, all of whom were partially naked.
Memorial Monument to Gaitana in Neiva, Colombia. Gaitana, also known as Guaitipan, is referred to as La Gaitana and Cacica Gaitana, was a 16th-century Yalcón [] cacica from the region of Timaná, Huila, a leader who, in 1539–40, led the indigenous people of the Upper Magdalena River Valley in Colombia in armed resistance against the colonization by the Spanish.