Meta, Colombie
(Reguidit frae Meta Depairtment)
Meta is a depairtment o Colombie. It is close tae the geographic centre o the kintra, tae the east o the Andean muntains. A muckle portion o the depairtment, which is crossed bi the Meta River an aw, is covered bi a grassland plain kent as the Llanos. Its caipital is Villavicencio. The depairtment haes a monument placit in the vera geographic centre o Colombie.
Depairtment o Meta Departamento del Meta | |
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Motto(s): Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta | |
Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia) | |
Meta shown in red | |
Coordinates: 4°9′N 73°38′W / 4.150°N 73.633°W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Region | Orinoquía Region |
Established | 1 Julie 1960 |
Caipital | Villavicencio |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Dario Vásquez Sánchez (2008-) |
Area | |
• Total | 85635 km2 (33,064 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4 |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 789,276 |
• Rank | 19 |
• Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-05 |
ISO 3166 code | CO-MET |
Provinces | 4 |
Municipalities | 29 |
Website | www.meta.gov.co |
Achagua, which is seemilar tae Piapoco, is an Indigenous leid spoken bi a minority in the depairtment.
Municipalities
eeditReferences
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Folklore llanero Archived 2018-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Govrenment Meta
- Territorial-Environmental Information System o Colombie Amazon SIAT-AC wabsteid Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)