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Meta, Colombie

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Depairtment o Meta

Departamento del Meta
Banner o Depairtment o Meta
Banner
Coat of airms o Depairtment o Meta
Coat airms
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

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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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