Meta Department

Department of Meta Departamento del Meta
Department
The Llanos in Colombia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia)
Meta shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 4°9′N 73°38′W / 4.150°N 73.633°WCoordinates: 4°9′N 73°38′W / 4.150°N 73.633°W
Country	Colombia
Region	Orinoquía Region
Established	July 1, 1960
Capital	Villavicencio
Government
• Governor	Marcela Amaya (2016-2019)
Area
• Total	85,635 km^2 (33,064 sq mi)
Area rank	4th
Population (2013)[1]
• Total	924,843
• Rank	19th
• Density	11/km^2 (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

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. "DANE". Retrieved February 13, 2013.

External links

• Folklore llanero
• Government Meta
• Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website (Spanish)

See also

• San Martín Territory