Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 live in urban areas and 442,955 in the rest of the Huilense territory. This amounts to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of it is settled in the Magdal…Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 live in urban areas and 442,955 in the rest of the Huilense territory. This amounts to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of it is settled in the Magdalena valley, the main urban centers being Neiva and Garzón, due to the possibilities offered by commercial-type agricultural economy, oil production, access to basic public services and roads connected to the central road axis along the Magdalena. The rest of the population is located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata; the North Subregion is undergoing a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to alterations of agricultural and oil activities on the landscape. The average population density in the department is 59.88 inhabitants / km², with the highest densities in Neiva, Pitalito and Garzón, and with the lowest in the municipalities of Colombia and Villavieja.
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