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Department of Meta Departamento del Meta
Department
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	Orinoquia Region
Established	July 1, 1960
Capital	Villavicencio
Government
? Governor	Marcela Amaya (2016-2019)
Area
? Total	85,635 km 2 (33,064 sq mi)
? Rank	4th
Population   (2018) [1]
? Total	1,039,722
? Rank	19th
? Density	12/km 2 (31/sq mi)
GDP [2]
? Total	COP 58,440 billion ( US$ 13.7 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-MET
Provinces	4
Municipalities	29
HDI (2019)	0.778 [3] high · 6th of 33
Website	www.meta.gov.co

Meta ( Spanish pronunciation: [?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 Lopez.

Achagua , which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.

Municipalities [ edit ]

Ariari	Villavicencio	Piedemonte	Meta River
El Castillo  • El Dorado  • Fuente de Oro  • Granada  • La Uribe  • Lejanias  • Mapiripan  • Mesetas  • Puerto Concordia  • Puerto Lleras  • Puerto Rico  • San Juan de Arama  • Vista Hermosa	Villavicencio	Acacias  • Barranca de Upia  • Castilla la Nueva  • Cubarral  • Cumaral  • El Calvario  • Guamal  • Restrepo  • San Carlos de Guaroa  • San Juanito  • San Martin	Cabuyaro  • La Macarena  • Puerto Gaitan  • Puerto Lopez

See also [ edit ]

• Juan Manuel Gonzalez Torres
• San Martin Territory
• Colombia portal

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

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