Otas

Otas lay in the upper Magdalena valley, south of Neiva, in country inhabited by Tama communities. The settlement had Indigenous origins and became a colonial village associated with the Augustinian community, which established it to instruct the local inhabitants. For nearly three centuries it served as a centre in the area later occupied by Campoalegre. Its chapel recalls the early colonial settlement, while the surrounding river valleys link the slopes of the eastern Andes with the Magdalena.

The later city of Neiva lies here.