San Agustín is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Huila. The town is located 227 km away from the capital of the Department, Neiva. Population is around 30,000. The village was originally founded in 1752 by Alejo Astudillo but attacks by indigenous people destroyed it. The present village was founded in 1790 by Lucas de Herazo and Mendigaña.
The area is very well known for its pre-Columbian archaeological sites, which generates significant revenue to the economy due to the high volume of tourists, both Colombian and foreigners. These sites form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The mean temperature year round is 18°C.
Adventure
- Svaneti
- Mtskheta
- Bagrati Cathedral
- Gelati Monastery
- Senegambian stone circles
- Kunta Kinteh Island
- Lopé National Park
- The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
- Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
- Réunion
- Pitons
- Albi
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Bordeaux
- Le Havre
- Provins
- Loire Valley
- Saint-Émilion
- Way of St. James
- Lyon
- Pyrénées-Mont Perdu
- Carcassonne
- Canal du Midi
- Avignon
- Apostolic Palace
