Aipe 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
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. It is located on the west bank of the
Magdalena River in the
Central Ranges
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at altitudes between . Aipe borders
Natagaima,
Ataco
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and
Planadas
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Geography
The ...
of the
department of Tolima in the north and west,
Villavieja and
Tello in the east, and the departmental capital
Neiva in the south.
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History
In early 1741, Doña Teresa and Don Enríque Cortés, descendants of Mr. Jacinto Cortés, gave 80 hectares to establish a new town, and are considered the founders of the Aipe. In 1770, the church hierarchy and government in Neiva records the construction of the church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
In 1874, Aipe acquired autonomy from Neiva, as a member of the canton district of Villavieja and on 8 April 1912 by Ordinance No. 26, was created as a municipality by the Departmental Assembly.
Geography
The municipality of Aipe is located on the left bank of the Magdalena River. It is located in the northwest of the Department of Huila, in the Magdalena Valley, bounded on the north and west by the Department of Tolima, to the east the Magdalena River, and south by the capital of Huila; Neiva.
The municipality has a total area of 801.04 km2 (3.8% total of the department). The lowest level of the municipality is located at the banks of the Magdalena River at an altitude of above sea level, with an average annual temperature of . The highest point is above sea level, located in the vereda La Union (west of the municipal boundary with the Department of Tolima), with an average temperature of 13.67 °C.
Paleontology
In the Loma Gorda and Hondita Formations in Aipe, many Late Cretaceous
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(Cenomanian
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to Coniacian
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) species of ammonite
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s have been found. The species '' Acanthoceras sp.'', '' Rhynchostreon sp.'', '' Choffaticeras sp.'', ''Fagesia catinus
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The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
'', '' Neoptychites cf. andinus'', '' Mitonia gracilis'', '' Morrowites sp.'', '' Nannovascoceras sp.'', '' Quitmaniceras sp.'', '' Benueites sp.'', '' Mytiloides kossmati'', '' M. goppelnensis'', '' Anomia sp.'', '' Paramammites sp.'', '' Hoplitoides sp.'', '' H. ingens'', '' H. lagiraldae'', '' Codazziceras ospinae'', '' Allocrioceras sp.'', '' Prionocycloceras sp.'', '' P. guayabanum'', '' Reesidites subtuberculatum'', '' Subprionotropis colombianus'', '' Mytiloides scupini'', '' Dydimotis sp.'', '' Gauthiericeras sp.'', '' Anagaudryceras sp.'', '' Eulophoceras jacobi'', '' Paralenticeras sieversi'', '' Hauericeras madagascarensis'', '' Peroniceras subtricarinatum'', '' Forresteria sp.'', '' Barroisiceras onilahyense'' and '' Ankinatsytes venezolanus'' have been registered in Aipe.[Patarroyo, 2011, p.499]
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Municipalities of Huila Department
Populated places on the Magdalena River
Populated places established in 1741
1741 establishments in the Spanish Empire