Huila

Huila is a department in southern Colombia, spanned by the Andes mountains and home to towering Nevado del Huila volcano. To the south, San Agustín Archaeological Park has hundreds of pre-Columbian monuments and sculptures. The Magdalena River runs through Huila's center. In northern Huila, the village of Villavieja is surrounded by the vast Tatacoa Desert, and the Observatorio Astronómico offers stargazing.