Meta Department

Department of Meta
Departamento del Meta
—  Department  —

Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia)
Meta shown in red
Coordinates:
Country  Colombia
Region Orinoquía Region
Established July 1, 1960
Capital Villavicencio
Government
 • Governor Dario Vásquez Sánchez (2008-)
Area
 • Total 85,635 km2 (33,063.9 sq mi)
Area rank 4
Population (2005)[1]
 • Total 789,276
 • Rank 19
 • Density 9.2/km2 (23.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-05
ISO 3166 code CO-MET
Provinces 4
Municipalities 29
Website www.meta.gov.co

Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio. The department has a monument placed in the very geographic centre of Colombia.

Achagua, which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.

Contents

Municipalities

Ariari Villavicencio Piedemonte Meta River
El Castillo • El Dorado • Fuente de Oro • Granada • La Uribe • Lejanías • Mapiripán • Mesetas • Puerto Concordia • Puerto Lleras • Puerto Rico • San Juan de Arama • Vista Hermosa
Villavicencio
Acacías • Barranca de Upía • Castilla la Nueva • Cubarral • Cumaral • El Calvario • Guamal • Restrepo • San Carlos de Guaroa • San Juanito • San Martín
Cabuyaro • La Macarena • Puerto Gaitán • Puerto López

References

  1. ^ Results of 2005 census

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See also