Iquira
Sign in to saveÍquira (from Quechua Ikir = “cut land” and Kira = “frogs”, meaning “Land of Frogs”), and in the ancient Paez language Yavilco (“high mountains” or “place of observation”), is a municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. According to the 2018 census, it has a population of 9,248 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Íquira
- Settlement.official_name
- San Francisco de Íquira
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.nickname
- City of Light of Huila
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Íquira_(Huila).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_íquira_-_Huila.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Huila - Íquira.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Íquira in the Huila Department of Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Huila Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rubén Darío Castro Andrade (2024–2027)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 12 December 1694
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 532
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Íquira (from Quechua Ikir = “cut land” and Kira = “frogs”, meaning “Land of Frogs”), and in the ancient Paez language Yavilco (“high mountains” or “place of observation”), is a municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. According to the 2018 census, it has a population of 9,248 inhabitants.
It was founded by Francisco Martínez de Ospina in 1694.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iquira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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