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**Department of Huila**
*Departamento del Huila*
	Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Huila	Coat of arms of the Department of Huila
	Huila shown in red
Established	1905
Region	Andes Region
Capital	Neiva
Number of Municipalities	37
Governor; - Governor's Political Party;	Luis Jorge Sanchez; Colombian Conservative Party
Area; Total; - Land; - Water (% of total)	Ranked 26; 19,890 km²; km²; km² (%)
Population; - Total (2005); - Density	Ranked 15; 1,006,797; 50/km²
ISO code	CO-HUI
	Government's Website:; www.gobhuila.gov.co

For other uses, see Huila.

Huila (Spanish: Huila) is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.

[edit] Geography

The Magdalena River (also called Yuma River) is Colombia's largest river, rises in Huila department. Some of Huila's most important towns are placed in the Magdalena River Valley.

Quimbo is a dam planned for the Río Yuma (Magdalena) .