Aipe
Sign in to saveAipe is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. It is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between . Aipe borders Natagaima, Ataco and Planadas of the department of Tolima in the north and west, Villavieja and Tello in the east, and the departmental capital Neiva in the south.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Aipe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Flag of Aipe
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- Flag of Aipe.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Huila - Aipe.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Aipe in the Huila Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Huila Department
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- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Subnorte
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- José Sevel Castro Tovar
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 2 January 1741
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 29177
- Area
- 801.04
- Elevation
- 334
- Official website
- www.aipe-huila.gov.co/index.shtml
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Aipe is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. It is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between . Aipe borders Natagaima, Ataco and Planadas of the department of Tolima in the north and west, Villavieja and Tello in the east, and the departmental capital Neiva in the south.
== History == In early 1741, Doña Teresa and Don Enríque Cortés, descendants of Mr. Jacinto Cortés, gave 80 hectares to establish a new town, and are considered the founders of the Aipe. In 1770, the church hierarchy and government in Neiva records the construction of the church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
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