Timaná is a town and municipality in the
Huila Department
Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.
Demography and Ethnography
Huila is a department that has a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants, of which 679,667 (60.54 ...
,
Colombia. The municipality is located in the south of Huila at an altitude of and southwest of the capital
Neiva.
[Official website Tibaná]
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History
The region of Timaná before the conquest in Colombia was inhabited by the Timana, bordered to the north by the Yalcón and farther north, the Paez and Pijao
The Pijao (also Piajao, Pixao, Pinao) are an indigenous people from Colombia.
Ethnography
The Pijao or Pijaos formed a loose federation of Amerindians and were living in the present-day department of Tolima, Colombia. In pre-Columbian time ...
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Modern Timaná was founded on December 18, 1538 by Pedro de Añasco
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...
, soldier in the army of Sebastián de Belalcázar.Fundacioned de ciudades y poblaciones
- Banco de la República
References
Municipalities of Huila Department
Populated places established in 1538
1538 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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