Department of Meta
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Department of Meta
Departamento del Meta

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Meta Coat of arms of the Department of Meta
Anthem: Ay Mi Llanura
Meta shown in red
Established	July 1, 1960
Region	Orinoquía Region
Capital	Villavicencio
Number of Provinces	4
Number of Municipalities	29
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Dario Vásquez Sánchez (2008-) ?
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 4 85,635 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 19 789,276[1] 9.21/km²
ISO_Code	CO-MET
Government's Website: www.gobernaciondelmeta.gov.co

Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, at the East of the Andes mountains, in the plain called the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio.

The name belongs also to a river that crosses this department.

The department has a monument placed in the very geographic centre.

Municipalities

1. Acacias
2. Barranca de Upía
3. Cabuyaro
4. Castilla la Nueva
5. Cubarral
6. Cumaral
7. El Calvario
8. El Castillo
9. El Dorado
10. Fuente de Oro
11. Granada
12. Guamaral
13. La Macarena
14. La Uribe
15. Lejanías
16. Mapiripán
17. Mesetas
18. Puerto Concordia
19. Puerto Gaitán
20. Puerto Lleras
21. Puerto López
22. Puerto Rico
23. Restrepo
24. San Carlos Guaroa
25. San Juan de Arama
26. San Juanito
27. San Martín
28. Villavicencio
29. Vista Hermosa

References

External links

• Government Meta
• (Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

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