Meta Department

Department of Colombia

For similarly named areas, see Meta (disambiguation) § Places.

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Department in Orinoquía Region, Colombia

Department of Meta

Departamento del Meta

Department

View of the Caño Cristales

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°W﻿ / 4.150; -73.633
Country|  Colombia
Region| Orinoquía Region
Established| July 1, 1960
Capital| Villavicencio
Government

• Governor| Marcela Amaya (2016-2019)
Area

• Total

| 85,635 km2 (33,064 sq mi)
• Rank| 4th
Population

(2018)[1]

• Total

| 1,039,722
• Rank| 19th
• Density| 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
GDP

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• Total| COP 58,440 billion
(US$ 13.7 billion)
Time zone| UTC-05
ISO 3166 code| CO-MET
Provinces| 4
Municipalities| 29
HDI| 0.769[3]
high · 7th of 33
Website| www.meta.gov.co
Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1973 | 242,664| —
1985 | 474,046| +95.4%
1993 | 618,427| +30.5%
2005 | 783,168| +26.6%
2018 | 1,039,722| +32.8%
Source:[4]

Meta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmeta]) 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

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Ariari | Villavicencio | Piedemonte | Meta River

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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

## See also

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* Juan Manuel González Torres
* San Martín Territory
* Colombia portal

## References

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1. ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
2. ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. ^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

## External links

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* Folklore llanero
* Government Meta
* Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

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