Timaná

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Timaná is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The municipality is located in the south of Huila at an altitude of 1100 m and 166 km southwest of the capital Neiva.

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. Modern Timaná was founded on December 18, 1538 by Pedro de Añasco, soldier in the army of Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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