Meta, Colombie

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Depairtment o Meta

Departamento del Meta
Banner o Depairtment o Meta
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Coat of airms o Depairtment o Meta
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Motto(s): 
Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia)
Meta shown in red
Meta shown in red
Coordinates: 4°9′N 73°38′W / 4.150°N 73.633°W / 4.150; -73.633
Kintra Colombie
RegionOrinoquía Region
Established1 Julie 1960
CaipitalVillavicencio
Govrenment
 • GovrenorDario Vásquez Sánchez (2008-)
Area
 • Total85635 km2 (33,064 sq mi)
Area rank4
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total789,276
 • Rank19
 • Density9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-05
ISO 3166 codeCO-MET
Provinces4
Municipalities29
Websitewww.meta.gov.co

Meta is a depairtment o Colombie. It is close tae the geographic centre o the kintra, tae the east o the Andean muntains. A muckle portion o the depairtment, which is crossed bi the Meta River an aw, is covered bi a grassland plain kent as the Llanos. Its caipital is Villavicencio. The depairtment haes a monument placit in the vera geographic centre o Colombie.

Achagua, which is seemilar tae Piapoco, is an Indigenous leid spoken bi a minority in the depairtment.

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

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

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