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Department of Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Department of Meta
Departamento del Meta | |
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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 | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | |
• 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 |
Year | 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% |
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Achagua, which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.