Established July 1, 1960 Area rank 4th Area 85,635 km² Municipalities 29 Team Llaneros F.C. | Region Orinoquía Region 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 | ||
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.
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Meta Department Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA