Venadillo

Venadillo is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 13,266 as of 2024. Venadillo is 56 kilometres northeast of Ibagué.

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Settlement.name: Venadillo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera - Venadillo.png
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo - Venadillo.png
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Tolima - Venadillo.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Venadillo in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tolima Department
Settlement.area_total_km2: 358
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 19586
Settlement.timezone: Colombia Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset: -5
Settlement.elevation_m: 349

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Area: 352
Elevation: 425
Official website: www.venadillo-tolima.gov.co/index.shtml

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Venadillo is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 13,266 as of 2024. Venadillo is 56 kilometres northeast of Ibagué.

== History == The area where Venadillo was founded was historically inhabited by Citirques, Guambaimas, Colombaimas and Tolonies tribes of the Panche linguistic family and the Chocarí tribe of the Pijao. The name is derived from the local population of deer.