Palermo, Huila

Palermo Guagua
Municipality and town
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Nickname(s): Capital Marmolera de Colombia Marble Capital of Colombia
Motto: "Por el camino del progreso"
Anthem: Himno a Palermo
Location of the municipality and town of Palermo, Huila in the Huila Department of Colombia.
Coordinates: 2°53′30″N 75°26′15″W / 2.89167°N 75.43750°WCoordinates: 2°53′30″N 75°26′15″W / 2.89167°N 75.43750°W
Country	Colombia
Department	Huila Department
Subregion	Subnorte
Incorporated (parish)	1690
Incorporated (municipality)	7 January 1774
Renamed	1906
Government
• Mayor	Helver Yesid Pinzón Saavedra (C)
Area
• Municipality and town	35.63 sq mi (92.29 km^2)
• Urban	5.36 sq mi (13.89 km^2)
Population (2005)[1]
• Municipality and town	27,217
• Density	763.8/sq mi (294.91/km^2)
• Urban	12,655
• Urban density	2,359.9/sq mi (911.15/km^2)
Time zone	Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	878
Website	http://www.palermo-huila.gov.co
Censo General 2005 (PDF) (in Spanish), Bogotá: DANE, 2005, p. 487, ISBN 978-958-624-072-7, retrieved June 1, 2009

Palermo is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. This town was previously named Guagua.

Notable people from Palermo

• Manuel de Jesús Andrade Suárez (1860–1935) writer, journalist and politician.

Twin Cities

• Palermo, Italy