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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
	Motto: Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
	Anthem: Himno de Meta (Colombia)
	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; 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 of Colombia.

[edit] Municipalities

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

[edit] References

^ Results of 2005 census

[edit] External links

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[0] Results of 2005 census

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