| Yaguará | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Huila |
| Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Subnorte |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Rafael Ramírez González |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 13 March 1623 |
| Founder: | Francisco Gómez Quintero |
| Area Total Km2: | 329 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 8952 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 7587 |
| Coordinates: | 2.6661°N -75.5186°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 650 |
Yaguará (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The urban centre is located at an elevation of 650m (2,130feet) in the Magdalena River Valley and the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Teruel and Palermo in the north, Gigante, Hobo and Tesalia in the south, Campoalegre and Hobo in the east and Tesalia and Iquira in the west. The departmental capital Neiva is 49km (30miles) to the northeast. The Betania Reservoir is situated within the boundaries of Yaguará.[1]
The name Yaguará is derived from the jaguar.[1]
In the time before the Spanish conquest, the region of Yaguará was inhabited by the Páez. They defended their territory against the Pijao, who came from nearby Tolima and later against the Spanish conquistadors.[1]
Modern Yaguará was founded on March 13, 1623 by Francisco Gómez Quintero, under command of the governor of Neiva Diego de Ospina y Medinilla.[1]
Fossils of the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) mosasaur Yaguarasaurus were found in the La Frontera Formation in Yaguará and the species was named after the town.[2]