Meta Department
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Department of Meta Departamento del Meta |
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![]() The Llanos in Colombia.
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Motto: Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta | |||
Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia) | |||
![]() Meta shown in red |
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Region | Orinoquía Region | ||
Established | July 1, 1960 | ||
Capital | Villavicencio | ||
Government | |||
• Governor | Alan Jara (2012-) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 85,635 km2 (33,064 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 4th | ||
Population (2013)[1] | |||
• Total | 924,843 | ||
• Rank | 19th | ||
• Density | 11/km2 (28/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, at a place known as Alto de Menegua, a few kilometers from Puerto López.
Achagua, which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.
Municipalities
References
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External links
- Folklore llanero
- Government Meta
- Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website (Spanish)
See also
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