Meta, Colombie

Depairtment o Meta Departamento del Meta
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
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 / 4.150; -73.633
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

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.

Achagua, which is seemilar tae Piapoco, is an Indigenous leid spoken bi a minority in the depairtment.

Ariari	Villavicencio	Piedemonte	Meta River
El Castillo • El Dorado • Fuente de Oro • Granada • La Uribe • Lejanías • Mapiripán • Mesetas • Puerto Concordia • Puerto Lleras • Puerto Rico • San Juan de Arama • Vista Hermosa	Villavicencio	Acacías • Barranca de Upía • Castilla la Nueva • Cubarral • Cumaral • El Calvario • Guamal • Restrepo • San Carlos de Guaroa • San Juanito • San Martín	Cabuyaro • La Macarena • Puerto Gaitán • Puerto López

• 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)

• San Martín Territory