Meta Department

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.

Department of Meta

Departamento del Meta
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
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
Country Colombia
RegionOrinoquía Region
EstablishedJuly 1, 1960
CapitalVillavicencio
Government
  GovernorMarcela Amaya (2016-2019)
Area
  Total85,635 km2 (33,064 sq mi)
Area rank4th
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total1,039,722
  Rank19th
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-05
ISO 3166 codeCO-MET
Provinces4
Municipalities29
HDI (2017)0.761[2]
high · 6th
Websitewww.meta.gov.co

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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:[3]

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". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

See also


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