CITY LIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUILA

Its first inhabitants were the promising, who fearing an attack from the Indians Afrodescends sample, was translated to higher ground and better position with the order to observe the enemies that will bring you closer. Then receives the name of high mountains as is the translation of the word in the language Iquira Paes.

Founded in1649 by order of Don Francisco Martinez de Ospina, who gave him the name of San Francisco of Iquira, begins construction of the chapel and requested the appointment of a cure of souls, in order to collect aboriginal alos. In 1810, Iquira makes part of the territories of the Villa YAGUARA.

In 1955, in the month of December gives the central electrical service to the hydroelectric plant of the rio Iquira with capacity of 5000 kw this plant is the first in this scale in the south of Colombia. The municipality is far from Neiva 74 km by the track Neiva - Palermo and the track Neiva-Yaguara 76 km.

MARIA JOSE CARVAJAL POLANIA 10-02