MUNICIPALITY IN OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT OTHER SITES INCLUDING THE PARK WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, IN A BEAUTIFUL FIND tree called "SAMAN" is surrounded by beautiful gardens that make BEAUTIFY MUNICIPIO.SERIA OUR GREAT SATISFACTION THAT ARE PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW OTHER PLACES OF THE IMPORTANCE FOR THIS PARK IQUIREÑOS

INDRI CAROLINA MONTES SANABRIA

 

The people most wonderful Iquira

 



 

Iquira is the a beautiful municipality by its people and its culture. in this municipality celebrated the san pedro and many more things but the most important is the humility that has the people of this village and also its joy. in this village life is dance, we have many resources as the municipal band of Iquira Huila, with the station, has a few sightseeing highlights of Huila, as well we have a flora and fauna large and variable, we have a great church that we celebrate everything to do with God.

By: kerly Johana Trujillo

MY TOWN

Iquira is a very beautiful land filled with many blessings of God .with a very agreeable climate and much biodiversity also has a large number of tourist sites which everyone can visit and take care of these places so beautiful and pleasant, they retain great stories as the loma de cuz that was a monument of peace and tranquility for our .iquira people preserves many natural reserves, with which we enjoy in family. also in our town of iquira have many cultural festivals such as the of the san prisoner, that in it we gosamos enjoying family and friends.                By: Yury Alexandra Medina Castro

yuri alexandra medina     

iquira is a very beautiful land filled with many blessings of God .with a very agreeable climate and much biodiversity also has a large number of tourist sites which everyone can visit and take care of these places so beautiful and pleasant, they retain great stories as the loma de cuz that was a monument of peace and tranquility for our .iquira people preserves many natural reserves, with which we enjoy in family. also in our town of iquira have many cultural festivals such as the of the san prisoner, that in it we gosamos enjoying family and friends.

                                               The gliding was reflected with more emphasis in the education.

The gliding educational was coordinated between the municipalt administration and the nucleu boss, graduate Joselito Trujillo Lara, graduate who care to get support of the municipality and of other entities of the departmental sector, coordinated each step for the governoship direct by Francisco Velasquez. 

the constuction of some schools and the maintenace and endowment of all the remaining ones, allowed to maintan the population in the ideal town to work for their cultural academic devolopment.

one administer and guarantee the service of school transport to all comunities that they request this support.

in the region of the populated center of Rionegro two school were built, one in the sidewalk the Pato and in the Copa.

Endowments!

For the school Maria Auxiliadora, teams were acquired of compute and team of sound amplification, also builds a classroom.

In the sector of the center Daniel Castro, service was given to a local for school restaurant and the cementation general.

The governorship made delivery of 16 libraries with support of the program it plane. include didactic material and some sport and school recreation for all those school that they request it.

Laboratories!

This it was made with contributions of the municipaly, yhe endowment of laboratories, libraries and traings of educational of the school of Valencia De La Paz and San Luis inspection, bymeans of the installacion of the program pos-primaria. 

By: Daniela Perdomo Santos. 

10-02

MY TOWN

IQUIRA towship has wide variety of wildlife its inhabitants are very warm and welcoming definitely an example of society. it has several tourits sites it also has several trails and great agricultural variety definitely an ancestral paradise.

one of its most popular tourist sites is tarpeya is known forist flora and fauna and the great waterfall  that there is another place well known for its in inhabitants is the hill of cross as a religious site and penegrinacion.

ANDREA CAMILA CASTRO SORA  1OO2

Forest reserve tarpeya iquira huila 

Location: sidewalk Juancho

It is located northwest of the Department of Huila, 81 km from the city Neiva in Juancho village in the municipality of Iquira, at a distance of 6 km from the town, and saw that the trail leads to Villa Maria.

This park is equipped with an adequate cabin to receive the eco tourists who visit, with a capacity for fifty people and also has a GUI that takes you through the forest and waterfalls.

In Tarpeya tourism it is encouraged and strengthened as a center for experimental research to the practice of forestry and environmental studies offered to institutions, universities, colleges, schools, NGO "S and community. This research center has allowed some organizations to conduct studies in different areas.

Tarpeya is a nature reserve that serves as administrative headquarters of the Nevado del Huila NNP, has altitudes between 1,300 and 2,500 meters above sea level; Minimum temperature 15 ° C and 32 ° C and average maximum temperatures between 18 ° C - 22 ° C; The reserve has a total area of ​​474 hectares, made up of lots or Tarpeya (house and surroundings), El Meson, Rincon, Chicoral, Casas Verdes, Colombia, Kikuyal and Limbo sites.

biodiversity

Tarpeya Forest Reserve is the habitat for countless birds, mammals, insects that help balance and maintain biodiversity. As for fauna they are: deer, foxes, armadillos, squirrels, borugas, guaras, chucuros, stingrays, bears, ocelots, monkeys, sloths, bush dogs, weasels; birds: eagles, hawks, turkeys, guichas, redfish, yataroas, tintinas, muchileros, toripiscos, tominejos mountain, blackbirds, embarradoras, cardinals, woodpeckers; reptiles: snakes (oxtail chili, coral, false coral, hunter, X, cabuya), frogs and countless insects.

In the reserve the most predominant forest species are pink cedar, jigua laurel, cringle macaw azuceno, rubbers, encenillos seven leathers, candelo, cocklebur, Cope, Colombian pine, boar, spearhead, papayuelo, gimp, caspicaracho, among other.

by: laura mercedes rivas carvajal .

iquira municipality is located in the western part of the department of huila on the foothills of the  nevado del huila volcano. predominate the mountainous topography feature, which alters with vouchers, plateaus, hills and small canyons. between neiva and iquira have an installations of the power plant provides energy for the entire department; they are sings admire his vocatoma, raceway, reservoir and certainly the roundhouse.  by: angie paola castro quintero

Sports and Recreation aspect of Iquira

The municipality of Iquira has not been absent from the sport, on the other hand has the luck to have a select group of pioneers and patrons who have entreagdo your strenuously to his promotion, his organization. It may be noted also that exists in the municpio, a person in charge of promoting activity, periodically promote modalities championships in football, basketball and microfutbol.

In the village there is a football field, a basketball court in good condition, bearing the nombrede Villa Maria de los Angeles, and is listed as one of the best sports venues for even professional teams conduct their training. Similarly, in the towns and villages exist in each school a sports arena for youth and the community in general, perform their sporting events, lascuales congregate daily to athletes looking for a healthy recreation.

In the village there is a football field, a basketball court in good condition, bearing the nombrede Villa Maria de los Angeles, and is listed as one of the best sports venues for even professional teams conduct their training. Similarly, in the towns and villages exist in each school a sports arena for youth and the community in general, perform their sporting events, lascuales congregate daily to athletes looking for a healthy recreation.


Besides the municipality has a gym where those who want to spend their free time do it in a very healthy way, a recreational center to spend the weekend with family and undoubtedly the ecological, recreational acaminatas that frecuentmente are made to the site called the Callejon river and the Loma de la Cruz.

By: Frank Alexander Cubillos Flor

Iquira high mountains. City of light so named because it was the first water intake throughout the Huila located in the western part of the department of Huila beautiful town surrounded by valleys,  wildlife , flora and large coffee crops being power of our municipality , considering a major attraction tour our city park highlighting his cultured , cheerful , persevering integro having a municipality workers to visit people .

home of our grandparents in Iquira

according to our historian Don Juan tierradentro, better known in our town as the ringer, related that previously the area that today we know as the nursing home was a farm animal and tillage whose manager was ALCIDES SALAZAR, which paid no taxes and those lands were taken by the municipality. then came the need to build a house for our grandparents and lands to the parish benefited San Francisco de Asis, to launch the work of the project.

the founder was the priest CARMINE CARRATO  the April 20, 1986, which spread to iquireña community to collaborete in the work of construction. when "our house" was founded, the one  elders were MARIO VILLEGAS, JAVIER HOYOS, PACHOMIUS CASTILLO, among others.

within the research I did I found that the first administrator of the foundation "Our House" was the sister MARIA ARMANDA ZONETTI. from that moment this work for many years served our community and other municipalities of Huila.

to complete, the priest REGULO PEREZ HERNANDEZ seek the need to build a chapel for grandparents, which was inaugurated on October 4, 2014. This term way to tell the story of the founding "our house"

by: JESUS ALBERTO MONTEALEGRE AQUITE

huila municipal park Iquira

It is a site where we can enjoy and share with family, our friends, acquaintances and why not, with our girlfriend or boyfriend. is a cool and quiet, it is a place where we can meet and observe our beautiful church, the iquireños others, to talk to them all together and say that we can help our municipality, clean our park to have a view, very good position for people who come to visit, tourists who come to see this beautiful city that a good presentation not only of ourselves but also of our park are carried, all that's around him. I invite everyone to take care of this heritage especially our saman which is very nice and that is at the center of our town, we can say that our town has some very beautiful stories, especially again this tree our saman, but back to our subject today is the park I want to say that as iquireño is very pleasant walk, take care and enjoy the tranquility and freshness of it I invite everyone to please take care of what we have this preservation intact. I hope I have been able to understand very bein, a greeting to each observe this publication.

by: juan manuel aldana caviedes. 1002

Tarpeya innovative landscape

It is a site where we can enjoy and share with family, full of flora and fauna. It is a cool, quiet place with many innovative things in comparison with other sites and tourist landscapes, because it is a well-kept nature reserve, its exotic animals and others and that is why this site is visited by different people , tourists and in the same region as we are the iquireños, which is why every time I'm me is glad the day, enjoy the tranquility and freshness of it, each person reading this publication want you to know that you are cordially they invited so whether or not our town and more people who are not from here to come and enjoy this beautiful scenery of all this tranquility, this freshness as unique, but above all when we go take care of the as well as this site offers the best of us and we ought to offer our help and keep this as magnificent and beautiful nature while. and I hope to finish them has been of your total satisfaction and that I have understood frankly.

by: angie paola polo aquite 1002

Iquira selection

the selection Iquira 2015 took a big step in the championship that took place in the same year because they reached the last stages of this championship and took third place. were the youngest players in the championship contest, and for many of them was their first official championship, and full of many sacrifices, problems, anxieties, joys and others. most players this selection studied or studying in the same school, and some on the same course, had to sacrificarsen themselves both in their training and in their academic work as such. that is why some men have been nearly wiped forward and who will not surrender easily. even though many did not believe in them they showed that their dedciacion, discilplina and others managed to reach higher than many teams that had already played this championship. sport in our town is full of very good athletes with extreme quality many of whom not only in football but also in basketball, and volleyball microfutbol. But the one that we have today is relsaltar the football with our boys insurance will return this year has demonstrated that they are capable in every practice and every game. so I invite each of you to practice different sports and also observe as practiced each of these companions, friends and acquaintances. we must not leave these spaces end as we are useful and that many of us may see us out professionally in every sport.

by: Charid manuel cedeño cedeño. 1002

Historical review of iquira

The foundation of Iquira dates back to 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 the farms El Carmen, La Mestiza and San Mateo. Its first inhabitants were, the Paez Indians on suspicion of a possible attack by the Indians Pijaos decided to move the people to the site it occupies today for being high ground, with strategic position to spot the enemy. So it is given the name of "High mountains" as meaning that primitive voices gave the word Iquira. In order to spread the Catholic faith among Aboriginal parents in 1656 the Franciscans founded a center of doctrine and imposed on St. Francis of Assisi as its patron. In l672 the captains Francisco Perdomo Betancourt, Francisco Trujillo and Castro, Alfonso de Montealegre and others, tried to raise the village to the category of town with the name of Iquira Alley. This attempt is unsuccessful reason why the village is abandoned as did the Spanish in all people who did not accept his whims. In 1887 Iquira is promoted to the category of municipality 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 by this the ability to go Iquira to the category of judges, passing to belong again to Yaguará, a situation that never consolidated considered. In 1915 ordinance number 034 by the Honorable Departmental Assembly defined the limits of the municipality. In 1955 Powerplant service it gave the Iquira river hydroelectric plant as a first generation system installed in the apartment with a capacity of about 4.500KW. In 1969, the Maria Auxiliadora College is founded and starts working with 13 students and in 1971 is at the service of the community a branch of the Caja Agraria in charge of financial services for farmers.                   By: Brayan David Cruz Diaz

                                                      STUNNING LANDSCAPES

THIS PLACE POPULARLY KNOWN AS "LA LAGUNA DE GUILLO" IS A WONDERFUL SITE WORTH KNOWING BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN THE "CERRO NEGRO" IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TESALIA, TO GET THERE WE TRAVEL TO TESALIA, THEN DIVERTED TO THE VILLAGE "POTRERO GRANDE ", IQUIRA TRIP UP THERE TAKES ABOUT 4 HOURS. THIS LAGOON HAS AN APPROXIMATE SIZE OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, ITS SHAPE IS LIKE THE FRAME OF GLASSES. THIS GAP IS USUALLY FILLED IN THE WINTER SEASON, WHERE WILD DUCKS COME TO SWIM IN THOSE WATER.

CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN WALKING ON THE SHORE BECAUSE THERE GOETH ABOUT THE RATTLESNAKES.

FOR ME IT WAS A VERY EXCITING EXPERIENCE TO KNOW A LAKE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLACK HILL HOPEFULLY YOU COULD KNOW ...

 MAYBE NOT THIS LOCATED IN OUR TOWN, BUT IF THE CONTINUATION OF OUR "CERRO NEGRO".

                                                                             EDNA MARIA CASTRO G. 10-02

ECONOMY

Local economic system has a basic structure common to most municipalities in the department of Huila, based on the existence of a primary sector, where agricultural activities take precedence over others; a nonexistent secondary sector by the total absence of processing of raw materials and a tertiary sector represented by lower commercial activity from population centers and the provision of basic public services community. Primary Sector: All local economic system revolves around agricultural production, with clear predominance of coffee monoculture in areas of medium and high slope above the 1,400 m.s.n.m. located in the upper part of the municipal head, areas of Valencia, San Luis and Rio negro with her paths. There is extensive livestock farming, as the predominant activity in the territories located valles de rio callejon, on the rio valleys Alley Iquira lower river. Also cacao, cassava, plantain, maize, semi-annual crops such as beans, peas, vegetables, fruit, passion fruit, blackberry, lulo, tree tomato. Secondary Sector: For the complete absence of agro-industrial facilities for processing local production, it can be said that the development of this sector is too incipient and limited to artisanal dairy processing and other traditional foods. Tertiary Sector: Corresponds to commercial service activities being carried out at the local level.




by: yury cedeño mosquera

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

Red and road plan The road network is the most extensive of town with approximately 8,300 linear meters, followed by the rio negro with 1,730 m., And Peace Valencia with 950 meters. Track infrastructure and transport The territory of Iquira is crossed by a road network that reaches a total length of over 300 kilometers, through which the paths to the different urban centers and in general the municipal population with neighboring territories are connected . Most of them are uncapped way roadway widths ranging between 3.5 and 4.5 m, in poor traffic conditions and poor drainage and sub-drainage infrastructure. The only paved road corresponds to a stretch of 6 km in the Iquira route - Yaguará, which starts from the municipal and ends at the eastern boundary of the municipality. With the current infrastructure of roads, the inhabitants of the regions of San Luis Rio negro and prefer to leave the neighboring municipality of Tesalia; while the resident population in and around Valencia Teruel prefer. This situation of dislocation and isolation has serious impact on the overall socio-economic development of the territory as the benefits of its economy are being distributed among neighboring municipalities.

by: maryeth yubena cortez

PARISH HISTORY OF IQUIRA

In 1656, Franciscan missionaries parents founded a catechism and is safer than those same parents were those who imposed their holy founder, st. francis of assisi as patron of region. iquira, despite its smallness had three chapels in the same quaterof the population. the parish priest:luciano beltran fray antonio aquite. the second chapel aquite attributed to the father for his devotion to the virgin was half that of the south west of the square goes to the hill of the cross street. it is a beautiful picture venerated virgin oil field. the third chapel within the square, and half a blocksouth east and had a tie, was dedicated to the dead, it´s dead while being taken to the cemetery wached. in the late  nineteenth century, around 1897,  the capel was very slumped and the priest who was the father lucas mess ortua, according to the neighbors thought a new church.  don lino pérezoffered to give away her house bordered the chapel and promised to buy the other house on the right in order to wide the property and that the new construction was on the old chapel. by 1907 the constrution of the temples began with the participation of all residents led by the priest lucas ortua, initiative was postponed by the war of 1000 days because most iquireños took up arms and temple work will not be rebuilt until many years later. around 1906 he was appointed priest father leonid iquira martinez, iquireños  average, was appointed by mr.red bishop, who was the father Martinez resumed the work of the temple and was the same father who rise much coffee cultivation. i work a lot. He died young in Campoalegre. Father Jesus H.Rodriguez concluded the new church and made the tower and placed the public clock. The temple is Iquira Calicanto and clay tile, this Baldonadoin full. 

By: Wilmar Eduardo Yucuma Cardozo 

Iquira Township is located in the western part of Huila on the foothills of snowcapped volcano Huila.El Iquira municipality has a parish church and rectory of Iquira have special attractions ; there are religious and grandeur of will of a people . Its construction was initiated late last century by Father Lucas Hortúa  

by : dario andres pillimue muñoz

Township Iquira  the municipality of Iquira is a very nice place as it has many tourist site as the church , the park, the hill of the cross among others. is located in the department of Huila, it was founded by Fransisco de Ospina . it is the light city of Huila. live in this town is a very great privilege because we are fortunate that their land can grow many things like elm banana , cassava , coffee , passion fruit, etc .. by:karen daniela cedeño castillo

Although its indigenous name means " high or watchtower Montes " he is known as a city light. Iquira is known as a tourist site for its lovely places that we have people who inhabit it. Iquira is a very nice place to live.          




by yessica marcela flor diaz

Although its indigenous name means " high or watchtower Montes " he is known as a city light. Iquira is known as a tourist site for its lovely places that we have people who inhabit it. Iquira is a very nice place to live.          




by yessica marcela flor diaz

In this blog we will look at only two of the many tourist sites of Iquira:

The Loma de la Cruz:


It is a tourist and religious site, located fifteen minutes from the top of the town, where there is an image of our patron San Francisco de Asis, this site is visited by his devotees and those who for sport perform their walks and also for its spectacular panoramic view towards the town and its surroundings. The busiest days are for the days of Easter and the festivities in honor of San Francisco de Asis.

The Cuevas del Chaparro:

They are located in the village of El Chaparro, two hours from the urban area of Iquira.

Chaparro Cave is a natural cavity in the ground caused by the action of water and tributaries along the centuries worth knowing his remarkable canyons and mazes. It is exotic and blanket much flora and fauna in its cavities, these caves are moist and dark; its diameter is very variable because in some parts only fits one person, ubucadas are in the path the two approximate Chaparro urban area of Iquira municpio.

It is certainly a very exotic tourist place that can not be djar visit if is at the municpio of Iquira.

By: Laura Sofia Tamayo Zuñiga

In this blog we will look at only two of the many tourist sites of Iquira:

The Loma de la Cruz:


It is a tourist and religious site, located fifteen minutes from the top of the town, where there is an image of our patron San Francisco de Asis, this site is visited by his devotees and those who for sport perform their walks and also for its spectacular panoramic view towards the town and its surroundings. The busiest days are for the days of Easter and the festivities in honor of San Francisco de Asis.

The Cuevas del Chaparro:

They are located in the village of El Chaparro, two hours from the urban area of Iquira.

Chaparro Cave is a natural cavity in the ground caused by the action of water and tributaries along the centuries worth knowing his remarkable canyons and mazes. It is exotic and blanket much flora and fauna in its cavities, these caves are moist and dark; its diameter is very variable because in some parts only fits one person, ubucadas are in the path the two approximate Chaparro urban area of Iquira municpio.

It is certainly a very exotic tourist place that can not be djar visit if is at the municpio of Iquira.

By: Laura Sofia Tamayo Zuñiga

HOLY WEEK

Is the commemoratio yearly christian of the passion death and resurrection of jesus from nazaret.
therefore, it is a period of intense activity liturgical among the varius confession christians.

starts on palm sunday and ends on resurrection sunday. The holy week is pereced for lent, endine in the passioon week where it is celebrated the eucharist on holy thursday, it commemorates the crucifixion of jesus the holy friday and the resurrection at the easter vigil durine the night of holy saturday to the easter sunday. during holy week they have numerous religious sing popular to the long of the all the world, highlighting the processions and representations of passion.

In our town (íquira) the comunity participate in all the events that they were maor from the lent until the easter sunday. it is nice to know that  comunity is catholic, the holy week it is an act importance for all catholic because you live the death and resurrectionof jesus.

God fill our hearts every time more than love for what lest´s live each holy week as if was the last with all piety and delivery to god.



by: Eduar Camilo Zuñiga Tamayo

Íquira is a Colombian municipality located in the department of Huila. It was founded by Francisco Martinez of Ospina in 1694. And it is the city of light of Huila with the first hydroelectric plant of Huila I Juan Pablo Ruiz i invite people who see this blog to visit this beautiful village of Huila whereI lived for many years and I am proudly iquireño and thanks to this place my dreams began to meet and thanks iquira by be my home

by : juan pablo ruiz sanabria

Cemetery Iquira Huila

The cemetery in our town is a very quiet place, a place where many of our loved ones who are our friends, relatives and acquaintances. It's a bit sad to realize that many people who were next to us are no longer outstanding, but we know that already encutran in a better place and come and protect us from heaven is a place where we can all visit when touch us leave, in addition to people who visit our town and more each of us because it is our duty to look this field, our holy country, visit our loved ones, by the fact that I die we simply must not forget , enough time helped us, advised us, were there for us whenever we needed were no matter what and it is our duty to look the part where your body is resting so through this publication would like to invite each of you to see this publication that treat or rather take care of our holy ground because it is very important for each of us, to people who are not from here, who visit and good, you better visit more continuously this place each and every one of we have someone here and someone to support us and was until the more able, not only to go pray for ten minutes and leave. If not we do it with faith, in the form of thanks and letting them see that we have not abandoned even though they are no longer with us, does not mean that we forget easily, before we have to be there praying for them, these people that when they were alive always showed us her smile, her eyes, her repseto, his kindness and many more qualities. And to complete I hope it has been of your total satisfaction and they have been I understand perfectly, to each of you thank you very much and before hand thank you and that with this publication we have more awareness and care more that site.


By: Nestor Fernando Peña Perdomo 1002.

absolute recreation in the pool gilding Iquira.

the pool the gold of our town is a quiet place, a place where we can recreate in the company of many people within them, our friends, family, share a friendly with each time it is very pleasant to go with my friends and talk about our studies, to spend a very good time and enjoy that time with our family in the same way as it is a very good way to live with them, to share and be more united. for me I like to go a lot to this place since a great time, I feel calm, and I desestreso a bit of all my work, all my things that keep me worried is a good way to do thinking about other things enjoy this nice moment but we should not damage this space as contaminate water's take debris such as luggage and others rather whenever bayamos to enjoy the pool in our town the care for and invite other persons who also do to the care, and tourists and invite them when they come to this place with a good aspect of this and of course we as iquireños. to finish it was great to share this publication with each of you and hopefully we can become aware and increasingly improve each of these sites that are part of our beautiful town as it is Iquira.

by: Dumar andres arias mosquera. 1002

my most beautiful town iquira my most beautiful town Iquira Iquira is a very sports. but most important municipality of this town is the humility of the people and their joy. is very happy celebrate special dates like san pedro, navidad, semana santa and many more things. this town is beautiful flora and fauna has a variety of animals and many more things this is part of what is Iquira. by:kerly johana trujillo

biodiversity of iquira Iquira is a quiet town, where people are very happy and live in total harmony. thanks to its great biodiversity of plants have a cool and pleasant climate where we have a water reservoir with which we always have, and plants biodiversidas very beautiful plants. by:juan manuel vargas