Pitalito

Pitalito
Coordinates: 1 ° 54 ' N , 76 ° 3' W Pitalito on the map of Colombia	Pitalito
	Pitalito
	Location of Pitalito in Colombia
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Huila (Colombia)
City foundation	1818
Residents	135,711 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
height	1270 m
Waters	Guarapas River
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Edgar Muñoz Torres (2020-2023)
Website	www.pitalito-huila.gov.co
	Aerial view of Pitalitos

Pitalito is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Huila in Colombia . After Neiva, Pitalito has the second highest population in Huila.

geography

Pitalito lies at an altitude between 1000 and 1800 meters. Pitalito is 188 km south of Neiva . The municipality borders in the north on Timaná , Elías and Saladoblanco , in the west on Isnos and San Agustín , in the south on Palestina and Santa Rosa in the Departamento del Cauca and in the east on Acevedo .

population

The municipality of Pitalito has 135,711 inhabitants, of which 80,155 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The first establishment of a place on the site of today's Pitalito took place in 1553, on the instructions of the conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar , by Pedro de Añasco . Her name was guacacallo . After the destruction by Alvaro de Oyón , the city was rebuilt slightly offset. At that point you can find San Calixto de Timaná today . The city of modern Pitalito was founded on June 13, 1818 by José Hilario Sierra . However, he did not re-found the city, but replaced it as the successor to the village of Laboyo , which in turn had emerged from a hacienda of the same name . Ignacio Cabrera y Rojas was appointed as the first mayor of the new city on January 6, 1821 in Garzón by the City Council of Timaná.

climate

The climate is tropical. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in Pitalito. Even the driest month still has a lot of rainfall. The average annual temperature in Pitalito is 20.7 ° C. In a year, the average rainfall is 1516 mm. There is a difference of 110 mm between the driest month and the wettest month. At 21.0 ° C, February is the warmest month of the year. In June, the average temperature is 20.3 ° C, the lowest of the whole year.

economy

Coffee production is one of the most important economic sectors in the Pitalitos area with 11,700 hectares of cultivation area. A few other fruits and vegetables are also grown.

etymology

The name Pitalito is probably a diminutive of the Spanish word pital , which means plantation of the Aechme plant and goes back to the plantations created by the colonizers.

Web links

Commons : Pitalito - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal de Pitalito. Alcaldía de Pitalito - Huila, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Pitalito).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pitalito - Huila, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ Climate Pitalito: Climate diagram, climate table and weather de.climate-data.org, accessed on January 5, 2019

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pitalito - Huila, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[3] Climate Pitalito: Climate diagram, climate table and weather de.climate-data.org, accessed on January 5, 2019