Neiva, Huila Department, Colombia

Economy | Tourist attractions | Education | Transport | Culture

🇨🇴 Neiva is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly because of its strategic geographical location.

Economy Neiva is a distribution centre for many consumer goods to the national economy such as rice, coffee, beef, milk, leather by-products and other agricultural products. Its annual agricultural fair held in May showcases horses, cattle and pork from local municipalities and other surrounding towns.

Tourist attractions Throughout the city a tourist might enjoy the scattered city monuments, especially around the edges of the Magdalena River, where the local government has been maintaining the recently built sanctuary meant to safeguard the Magdalena from any pollutants and human produced contamination. Around this sanctuary there are parks and gardens usually crowded by locals and tourists who came to the growing city. The city can be reached by road travel, or by all major national airlines, coming to the Benito Salas Airport.

Education Neiva is home to several universities which serve primarily Southern Colombia. Among the most important are the Universidad Surcolombiana, the Corporación Universitaria del Huila, and the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

Transport The Benito Salas Airport, named after Benito Salas Vargas, is located inside the city and serves domestic destinations.

Culture The city is known as the Bambuco capital. José Eustasio Rivera, born in Rivera, is the most famous writer of a "pléyade" of creators that lived in Neiva (Regulo Suárez, Eustaquio Álvarez, Felio Andrade, Antonio Iriarte, Yezid Morales, Humberto Calderón, Jorge Guebelly, Luis Alberto Campos, Winston Morales, Jader Rivera, David Alberto Campos)

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Neiva has a population of over 357,392 people. Neiva also forms the centre of the wider Huila Department which has a population of over 1,200,386 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Neiva has links with:

🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia 🇪🇸 Cadiz, Spain 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Australia 🇸🇪 Kungsbacka, Sweden 🇺🇸 Leesburg, USA 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, USA 🇫🇷 Lyon, France 🇸🇪 Malmö, Sweden 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy 🇮🇩 Palembang, Indonesia 🇦🇺 Perth, Australia
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Antipodal to Neiva is: 104.733,-2.933

Locations Near: Neiva -75.2667,2.93333

🇨🇴 La Plata -75.3,2.983 d: 6.7  

🇨🇴 Palmira -76.25,3.583 d: 130.9  

🇨🇴 Santander de Quilichao -76.483,3.017 d: 135.4  

🇨🇴 Santiago de Cali -76.532,3.452 d: 151.9  

🇨🇴 Cali -76.536,3.453 d: 152.3  

🇨🇴 Florencia -75.6,1.6 d: 152.8  

🇨🇴 Yumbo -76.495,3.583 d: 154.4  

🇨🇴 Buga -76.302,3.9 d: 157.4  

🇨🇴 Popayán -76.617,2.45 d: 159.3  

🇨🇴 Tuluá -76.197,4.084 d: 164.4  

Antipodal to: Neiva 104.733,-2.933

🇮🇩 Palembang 104.733,-2.97 d: 20011.1  

🇮🇩 Pangkalan Balai 104.41,-2.891 d: 19978.9  

🇮🇩 Jambi 103.617,-1.6 d: 19821.8  

🇮🇩 Jambi City 103.6,-1.583 d: 19819.2  

🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 19770.7  

🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 19744.5  

🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 19729.1  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 19724.8  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 19723.7  

🇮🇩 Tanjung Pandan 107.75,-2.75 d: 19679.4  

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