Aipe
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Aipe
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Aipe in the Huila Department of Colombia
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = Huila Department
|subdivision_type2 = Subregion
|subdivision_name2 = Subnorte
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = José Sevel Castro Tovar
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 2 January 1741
|founder = Teresa & Enrique Cortés
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|area_total_km2 = 801.04
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|population_total = 26219
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|population_urban = 16530
|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 350
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|website = {{URL|http://www.aipe-huila.gov.co/|Official website}}
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Aipe is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. It is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between {{convert|350|and|2300|m|ft}}. Aipe borders Natagaima, Ataco and Planadas of the department of Tolima in the north and west, Villavieja and Tello in the east, and the departmental capital Neiva in the south.{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20150617173840/http://www.aipe-huila.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Aipe]
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 {{convert|350|m|ft}} above sea level, with an average annual temperature of {{convert|28.4|C|F}}. The highest point is {{convert|2300|m|ft}} 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 (Cenomanian to Coniacian) species of ammonites have been found. The species Acanthoceras sp., Rhynchostreon sp., Choffaticeras sp., Fagesia catinus, 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
Climate
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|location = Villavieja/Aipe, elevation {{convert|430|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 34.0
|Feb high C = 34.3
|Mar high C = 33.6
|Apr high C = 33.2
|May high C = 33.4
|Jun high C = 34.2
|Jul high C = 34.7
|Aug high C = 35.6
|Sep high C = 35.7
|Oct high C = 34.0
|Nov high C = 32.4
|Dec high C = 32.7
| year high C = 34.0
|Jan mean C = 27.8
|Feb mean C = 28.0
|Mar mean C = 27.7
|Apr mean C = 27.5
|May mean C = 27.5
|Jun mean C = 27.8
|Jul mean C = 28.0
|Aug mean C = 28.7
|Sep mean C = 28.8
|Oct mean C = 27.6
|Nov mean C = 26.9
|Dec mean C = 27.2
| year mean C = 27.8
|Jan low C = 22.0
|Feb low C = 22.2
|Mar low C = 22.2
|Apr low C = 22.1
|May low C = 22.0
|Jun low C = 21.6
|Jul low C = 21.6
|Aug low C = 22.1
|Sep low C = 22.4
|Oct low C = 22.1
|Nov low C = 22.0
|Dec low C = 22.0
| year low C = 22.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 67.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 88.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 128.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 131.2
|May precipitation mm = 95.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 29.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 29.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 20.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 66.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 158.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 183.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 129.8
|year precipitation mm = 1128.5
| Jan precipitation days = 8
| Feb precipitation days = 9
| Mar precipitation days = 12
| Apr precipitation days = 14
| May precipitation days = 13
| Jun precipitation days = 10
| Jul precipitation days = 9
| Aug precipitation days = 7
| Sep precipitation days = 9
| Oct precipitation days = 15
| Nov precipitation days = 15
| Dec precipitation days = 12
| year precipitation days = 131
| Jan humidity = 71
| Feb humidity = 70
| Mar humidity = 72
| Apr humidity = 73
| May humidity = 72
| Jun humidity = 69
| Jul humidity = 65
| Aug humidity = 61
| Sep humidity = 62
| Oct humidity = 69
| Nov humidity = 75
| Dec humidity = 74
| year humidity = 69
|source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web
|url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-date=15 August 2016
|title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010
|publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
|language=es
|access-date= 17 June 2024
|url-status=dead}}
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References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last=Patarroyo |first=Pedro |year=2011 |title=Sucesión de Amonitas del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano-Coniaciano) de la parte más alta de la Formación Hondita y de la Formación Loma Gorda en la Quebrada Bambucá, Aipe - Huila (Colombia) |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/boge/v33n1/v33n1a06.pdf |journal=Boletín de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |volume=33 |pages=69–92 |accessdate=2017-03-30}}
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Category:Municipalities of Huila Department
Category:Populated places on the Magdalena River