HUILA AND TOLIMA DEPARTMENT

HUILA 

      

It is located at the South of the Andean Region. At the north of this department is located Cundinamarca and Tolima; at the west Cauca and Tolima; at the East Meta and Caqueta; at the South Caqueta and Cauca.

Its capital is NEIVA. Huila has 30 municipalities. In 1612, Diego Ospina founded Neiva.

The Cordillera Oriental is born in this place.

Colombia's second highest peak, the Nevado del Huila volcano, is located in Huila department.

The Magdalena River (also called Yuma River) is Colombia's largest river, It rises in Huila department.

The principal activities in Huila are: agriculture, cattle farming and mining.

TOLIMA

   

It is located in the Andean Region, in the center West of Colombia. At the north of this department is located Caldas; at the East Cundinamarca; at the South Huila and Cauca; and at the west Quindío, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca.

Its capital is Ibague, which was founded by Andrés López Galarza in 1550. TOLIMA  has 47 municipalities.

The Tolima department includes three distinct regions: a mountainous region, occupied by the Cordillera Central; a plain, that corresponds to the valleys of the rivers Magdalena and Saldaña; and the region to the southeast which forms the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental.

The economy of the Tolima is based on agriculture.

TOLIMA receive this name in honor to an indigenous priestess called Yulima.