词条 | Yaguará | |||||
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|name = Yaguará |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |settlement_type = Municipality and town |image_skyline = Yaguaracity.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Central square and church |image_flag = Flag of Yaguará (Huila).svg |image_seal = Escudo de Yaguará.svg |image_map = Colombia - Huila - Yaguará.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Yaguará in the Huila Department of Colombia |pushpin_map = |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = Huila |subdivision_type2 = Subregion |subdivision_name2 = Subnorte |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Rafael Ramírez González {{small|(2016-2019)}} |established_title = Founded |established_date = 13 March 1623 |founder = Francisco Gómez Quintero |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 329 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2015 |population_note = |population_total = 8952 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = 7587 |coordinates = {{coord|2.66611|N|75.5186|W|source:kolossus-itwiki|display=inline,title}} |timezone = Colombia Standard Time |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |elevation_m = 650 |elevation_ft = |website = {{URL|http://www.yaguara-huila.gov.co/|Official website}} |footnotes = }}Yaguará ({{IPA-es|ʝaɣwaˈɾa}}) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The urban centre is located at an elevation of {{convert|650|m|ft}} in the Magdalena River Valley and the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Teruel and Palermo in the north, Gigante, Hobo and Tesalia in the south, Campoalegre and Hobo in the east and Tesalia and Iquira in the west. The departmental capital Neiva is {{convert|49|km|mi}} to the northeast. The Betania Reservoir is situated within the boundaries of Yaguará.[1] EtymologyThe name Yaguará is derived from the jaguar.[1] HistoryIn the time before the Spanish conquest, the region of Yaguará was inhabited by the Páez. They defended their territory against the Pijao, who came from nearby Tolima and later against the Spanish conquistadors.[1] Modern Yaguará was founded on March 13, 1623 by Francisco Gómez Quintero, under command of the governor of Neiva Diego de Ospina y Medinilla.[1] PaleontologyFossils of the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) mosasaur Yaguarasaurus were found in the La Frontera Formation in Yaguará and the species was named after the town.[2] {{clearboth}}Gallery{{wide image|Mirador Represa de Betania.JPG|1200px|align-cap=center|Panorama of the Betania Reservoir}}References{{commonscat|Yaguará}}1. ^1 2 3 Official website Yaguará {{Municipalities huila department}}2. ^Yaguarasaurus columbianus at Fossilworks.org 5 : Municipalities of Huila Department|Populated places in the Huila Department|Populated places on the Magdalena River|Populated places established in 1623|1623 establishments in the Spanish Empire |
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