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Meta Department

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Country
  
Colombia

Established
  
July 1, 1960

Area rank
  
4th

Area
  
85,635 km²

Municipalities
  
29

Team
  
Llaneros F.C.

Region
  
Orinoquía Region

Capital
  
Villavicencio

Time zone
  
UTC-05

Population
  
924,843 (2013)

University
  
University of the Llanos

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Points of interest
  
Serranía de la Macarena, Bioparque Los Ocarros, Caño Cristales, Las Malocas ‑ Catama P, Fundadores Park

Destinations
  
Villavicencio, Chingaza National Natural P, La Macarena, Acacias, Puerto López

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 López.

Map of Meta, Colombia

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

References

Meta Department Wikipedia