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Department in Orinoquía Region, Colombia

Department of Meta Departamento del Meta
Department

FlagCoat 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 km (33,064 sq mi)
• Rank	4th
Population
• Total	1,039,722
• Rank	19th
• Density	12/km (31/sq mi)
GDP
• 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 high · 7th of 33
Website	www.meta.gov.co

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
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:

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

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

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