
Rivera
Colombia
Rivera: facts
At a glance
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Huila Department
- Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
- Population: approximately 22,877
- Coordinates: 2.7772° N, 75.2564° W
- Time zone: America/Bogota (UTC-05:00)
- Currency: Peso (COP)
- Distance to the capital, Bogota: 242 km (150 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Benito Salas Airport (NVA): 20 km (12 mi), straight line
- Eduardo Falla Solano Airport (SVI): 88 km (55 mi), straight line
- Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA): 136 km (85 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Campoalegre: 13 km (8 mi)
- Neiva: 17 km (11 mi)
- Palermo: 24 km (15 mi)
- Hobo: 30 km (19 mi)
- Yaguara: 32 km (20 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Neiva, 17 km (11 mi)
Coming up in Rivera
- 11 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 14 Nov 2026: Colombian Women's Day
- 16 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 7 Dec 2026: Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 8 Dec 2026: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
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