HISTORY IQUIREÑA

FIRST FIRST PERIOD information added by:
Leidy Marcela Buyucue Hoyos 
Maira Mercedes  Cedeño Obregon                                             10-01

LAND OF OLD MEMORIES I

QUIRA

WHAT MY GRANDPA BILL ME IN THOSE TIMES IQUIRA

Iquira land where it was a pleasant climate for our grandparents as they tell us the beauty that was before this dear people but previously very little energy and no avian cars. 

people had walked barefoot in case a pair of shoes just to go to church and before everything lived more hunting forest animals and did not exist at the time the radio televion progressed little by little and left this town as the first sutatensa radio and radio at that time was a poconon buy silver as the people were very poor and humble that he shared what had radio and people went to the house where they had all escuhar radio music and most of all the news.

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TOURISM  IQUIREÑO
The foundation of data Iquira 1694 by order of Francisco Martinez de Ospina who gives the name of San Francisco de Iquira a town built in what is now known alley, exactly are the territories of farms El Carmen, La Mestiza and San Mateo. 


Its first inhabitants were, the Paez Indians on suspicion of a possible attack by the Indians decided to move Pijaos population that occupies the site today for being high ground, strategically placed to see the enemy. That is why it is given the name "High Mountains" as meaning that primitive voices gave the word Iquira.

In order to spread the Catholic faith among Aboriginal parents in 1656 founded a Franciscan center doctrine and imposing St. Francis of Assisi as his employer. In l672 captains Perdomo Francisco Betancourt, Francisco Trujillo and Castro, Alfonso Montealegre and others, tried to raise the village to the category of town with the name of Alley Iquira. This attempt is unsuccessful why the village is abandoned as the Spaniards did in all people who did not accept their whims. 


Iquira In 1887 he was promoted to the category of town and by 1907 the construction of the temple began with the participation of all residents led by Lucas Ortiza priest; initiative was postponed by the war of 1000 days.


As a result of that war and the ravages left for this was considered the ability to go to the category Iquira township , passing to belong again Yaguará situation that never consolidated . In 1915 by the Honorable ordinance number 034 Departmental Assembly defined the limits of the municipality.

Power Plants in 1955 gave the service Iquira river hydroelectric plant as a first generation system installed in the apartment with a capacity of about 4.500KW . In 1969, Mary Help College is founded and starts working with 13 students in 1971 and is at the service of the community branch of the Caja Agraria charge of financial services for farmers.


Iquira Township is located in the western part of the department of Huila in the foothills of the volcano Nevado del Huila .
Dominates the mountainous topography feature, which alternates with valleys , plateaus , hills and small canyons .

The climate is the set of conditions in the atmosphere that characterizes the state of the weather or situation and its evolution in a given place

The municipality has various climatic zones :

Warm Weather: comprises 55 km2 and temperatures between 20 and 25oC .


Medium Weather : Comprises 220 km2 with temperatures between 18 and 20oC .
Cold Weather : Comprises 254 km2 with temperatures between 10 and 12oC .
Climate Páramo : comprises 3 km2 at temperatures below 5oC .

The average annual rainfall is 1,600 mm. , On average Volcanic risk is low.
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