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| motto              = Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
| motto              = Llano Grande de Colombia y Meta
| anthem            = Himno de Meta (Colombia)
| anthem            = "[[Ay Mi Llanura]]"
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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-date=November 13, 2009 }}</ref>
| population_footnotes = <ref name=Pop2018/>
| population_total  = 1,039,722
| population_total  = 1,039,722
| population_as_of  = 2018
| population_as_of  = 2018
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| demographics_type1 = GDP
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| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}</ref>
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=GDP/>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = [[Colombian peso|COP]] 58,440 billion<br />([[US$]] 13.7 billion)
| demographics1_info1 = [[Colombian peso|COP]] 58,440 billion<br />([[US$]] 13.7 billion)
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.769<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index|7th of 33]]
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.798<ref name=HDI/><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index|7th of 33]]
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| area_code          =  
| iso_code          = [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO-MET]]
| iso_code          = [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO-MET]]
| website            = [http://www.meta.gov.co/ www.meta.gov.co]
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{{Historical populations
'''Meta''' '''Department''' ({{IPA|es|ˈmeta}}) is one of the 32 [[departments of Colombia|departments]] that compose the [[Colombia|Republic of Colombia]]. Largely located within the country's [[Orinoquía natural region]] and covered by the [[Llanos]], it is close to the geographic center of the country, east of the [[Andes]] mountains. Its capital is the city of [[Villavicencio]].
|type =
 
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Reloj de Población|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|website=DANE|publisher=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083854/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|archive-date=28 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History==
|1973 | 242664
Meta was established as a department on 1 July 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meta: Departamento del Meta Colombia |url=https://www.todacolombia.com/departamentos-de-colombia/meta/index.html |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=todacolombia.com |language=es}}</ref>
|1985 | 474046
 
|1993 | 618427
Meta was a department particularly effected by the violence of the [[Colombian conflict]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-05 |title=In Colombia's central Meta region, Security Council witnesses first-hand progress on peace deal {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/05/556752 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref> with large areas being under the control of the [[FARC]] before the [[Colombian peace process|2016 peace deal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Villarraga |first=Herbert |date=2022-07-14 |title=Colombia's Meta province bets on tourism instead of oil |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/colombias-meta-province-bets-tourism-instead-oil-2022-07-13/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
|2005 | 783168
 
|2018 | 1039722
In May 2021, flooding effected over 5,400 people and 1,100 homes in the department when the Meta River to {{Convert|8.73|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colombia – Thousands Affected by Floods and Landslides |url=https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-floods-landslides-may-2021 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=FloodList}}</ref>
}}
 
==Geography==
Meta Department is close to the geographic center of Colombia, largely located within the country's [[Orinoquía natural region]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fortalecimiento institucional y de política para incrementar la conservación de la biodiversidad en predios privados (PP) en Colombia |url=http://www.pnud.org.co/img_upload/36353463616361636163616361636163/PRODOC_COL76894_TNC_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511010019/http://www.pnud.org.co/img_upload/36353463616361636163616361636163/PRODOC_COL76894_TNC_1.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-11 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=[[United Nations Development Program]]}}</ref> It is east of the [[Andes]] mountains. A significant portion of the department is a part of the [[Llanos]], a grassland plain. The homonymous [[Meta River]] forms the northeastern border.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hidrografía del Meta: Hidrografía Departamento del Meta Colombiaa |url=https://www.todacolombia.com/departamentos-de-colombia/meta/hidrografia.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=todacolombia.com |language=es}}</ref> It is bordered by [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]], [[Casanare Department|Casanare]], [[Vichada Department|Vichada]], [[Caquetá Department|Caquetá]], [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]], and [[Huila Department|Huila Departments]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Meta: Departamento del Meta Colombia |url=https://www.todacolombia.com/departamentos-de-colombia/meta/index.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=todacolombia.com |language=es}}</ref>


'''Meta''' ({{IPA|es|ˈmeta}}) is a [[departments of Colombia|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.
Parts of Chiribiquete Park, Tinigua National Natural Park, [[La Macarena National Park|La Macarena National Natural Park]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giatsidakis |first=A. |date=2023-12-05 |title=Colombia Declares the Serrania of Manacacias a National Park |url=https://colombiaone.com/2023/12/05/colombia-serrania-manacacias-national-park/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Colombia One: News from Colombia and the World |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Caño Cristales]] are located in the department.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dahl |first=Mie Hoejris |date=2025-07-25 |title=Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/illegal-roads-expand-in-colombias-deforestation-hotspots/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Mongabay Environmental News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


[[Achagua language|Achagua]], which is similar to Piapoco, is an [[indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous language]] spoken by a minority in the department.
It has an area of {{Convert|85,635|km2}}, 7.49% of the country.<ref name=":1" />


==Municipalities==
==Municipalities==
Meta Department is composed of 29 municipalities across 4 subregions. Its capital city is [[Villavicencio]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipios del Meta: División Política Departamento del Meta Colombia |url=https://www.todacolombia.com/departamentos-de-colombia/meta/municipios-division-politica.html |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=todacolombia.com |language=es}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!width="17%" | [[Ariari River|Ariari]]
! width="17%" | Ariari
!width="17%" | [[Villavicencio]]
! width="17%" | [[Villavicencio]]
!width="17%" | [[Piedemonte]]
! width="17%" | [[Piedemonte]]
!width="17%" | [[Meta River]]
! width="17%" | Meta River
|-
|-
|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Ariari.svg|none|154px]]
|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Ariari.svg|none|154px]]
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|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Piedemonte.svg|none|154px]]
|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Piedemonte.svg|none|154px]]
|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Río Meta.svg|none|154px]]
|[[File:Colombia - Meta - Río Meta.svg|none|154px]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[El Castillo, Meta|El Castillo]]{{•}}[[El Dorado, Meta|El Dorado]]{{•}}[[Fuente de Oro]]{{•}}[[Granada, Meta|Granada]]{{•}}[[La Uribe]]{{•}}[[Lejanías]]{{•}}[[Mapiripán]]{{•}}[[Mesetas]]{{•}}[[Puerto Concordia]]{{•}}[[Puerto Lleras]]{{•}}[[Puerto Rico, Meta|Puerto Rico]]{{•}}[[San Juan de Arama]]{{•}}[[Vista Hermosa, Meta|Vista Hermosa]]
|[[El Castillo, Meta|El Castillo]]{{•}}[[El Dorado, Meta|El Dorado]]{{•}}[[Fuente de Oro]]{{•}}[[Granada, Meta|Granada]]{{•}}[[La Uribe]]{{•}}[[Lejanías]]{{•}}[[Mapiripán]]{{•}}[[Mesetas]]{{•}}[[Puerto Concordia]]{{•}}[[Puerto Lleras]]{{•}}[[Puerto Rico, Meta|Puerto Rico]]{{•}}[[San Juan de Arama]]{{•}}[[Vista Hermosa, Meta|Vista Hermosa]]
|'''[[Villavicencio]]'''
|'''[[Villavicencio]]'''
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|[[Cabuyaro]]{{•}}[[La Macarena, Meta|La Macarena]]{{•}}[[Puerto Gaitán]]{{•}}[[Puerto López, Meta|Puerto López]]
|[[Cabuyaro]]{{•}}[[La Macarena, Meta|La Macarena]]{{•}}[[Puerto Gaitán]]{{•}}[[Puerto López, Meta|Puerto López]]
|}
|}
== Demographics ==
As of the [[2018 Colombian census]], Meta Department had a total population of 1,039,722 people.<ref name="Pop2018">{{cite web |title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> In 2022, it had a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.769.<ref name="HDI">{{Cite web |title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |access-date=2018-09-13 |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Indigenous peoples in Colombia|indigenous]] [[Sikuani language|Sikuani]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freixes |first=Josep |date=2024-09-02 |title=Mennonite and Indigenous Communities Clash Over Land Rights in Colombia |url=https://colombiaone.com/2024/09/02/colombia-mennonite-indigenous-conflict/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Colombia One: News from Colombia and the World |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Extermination and systematic violation of the human rights of the Sikuani Indigenous People (Barrulia Community) in the municipality of Puerto Gaitán, Meta, Colombia |url=https://www.forestpeoples.org/publications-resources/press-releases/article/extermination-and-systematic-violation-of-the-human-rights-of-the-sikuani-indigenous-people-barrulia-community-in-the-municipality-of-puerto-gaitan-meta-colombia/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Forest Peoples Programme |language=en}}</ref> Jiw,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaikin |first=Lital |title=Guardians of Guaviare: Southern Colombia’s land fight |url=https://www.fairplanet.org/story/guardians-of-guaviare-southern-colombias-land-fight/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=FairPlanet |language=en}}</ref> [[Guayupe]] peoples are among those who inhabit the department.{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Reloj de Población|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|website=DANE|publisher=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083854/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|archive-date=28 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1973 | 242664
|1985 | 474046
|1993 | 618427
|2005 | 783168
|2018 | 1039722
}}[[Achagua language|Achagua]], which is similar to [[Piapoco language|Piapoco]], is an [[indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous language]] spoken by a minority in the department.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achagua Language (ACA) – L1 & L2 Speakers, Status, Map, Endangered Level & Official Use {{!}} Ethnologue Free |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aca/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Ethnologue (Free All) |language=en}}</ref>
== Government ==
Like all departments in Colombia, Meta has a Governor and a Departmental Assembly.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Information about departments of Colombia |url=https://www.colombiainfo.org/Colombia/Departments/tabid/89/Article/158/language/en-US/Information-about-departments-of-Colombia.aspx |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=ColombiaInfo.org - The Colombia Information Site! |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Economy ==
Historically, the department's economy has been dependent on oil and gas. In the early 2020s, the national and departmental government began an effort to focus on and invest in tourism centered around its natural attractions.<ref name=":0" />
In 2022, Meta Department had a [[GDP]] of 58,439.5 billion [[Colombian peso|Colombian pesos]].<ref name="GDP">{{citation |title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |website=www.dane.gov.co |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx}}</ref>
== Symbols ==
The flag of Meta has 17 horizontal stripes (nine green, eight white), representing Meta's place as the seventeenth department created in Colombia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bandera del Meta: Bandera Departamento del Meta Colombia |url=https://www.todacolombia.com/departamentos-de-colombia/meta/bandera.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=todacolombia.com |language=es}}</ref>
The department has a monument marking the exact geographic center of Colombia, in a place known as Alto de Menegua, a few kilometers from [[Puerto López, Meta|Puerto López]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-15 |title=Avanza proyecto que declara al Alto de Menegua como Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación |url=https://www.viveelmeta.com/proyecto-para-declarar-al-alto-de-menegua-patrimonio-cultural-2072/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Viveel Meta |language=es}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Juan Manuel González Torres]]
* [[San Martín Territory]]
* [[San Martín Territory]]
* {{portal-inline|Colombia}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001902/http://www.sanmartinmeta.com/ Folklore llanero]
* [http://www.meta.gov.co/ Government website]
* [http://www.meta.gov.co/ Government Meta]
*[http://siatac.co/web/guest/ Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website]


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Meta Department (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is one of the 32 departments that compose the Republic of Colombia. Largely located within the country's Orinoquía natural region and covered by the Llanos, it is close to the geographic center of the country, east of the Andes mountains. Its capital is the city of Villavicencio.

History

Meta was established as a department on 1 July 1960.[1]

Meta was a department particularly effected by the violence of the Colombian conflict,[2] with large areas being under the control of the FARC before the 2016 peace deal.[3]

In May 2021, flooding effected over 5,400 people and 1,100 homes in the department when the Meta River to Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]

Geography

Meta Department is close to the geographic center of Colombia, largely located within the country's Orinoquía natural region.[5] It is east of the Andes mountains. A significant portion of the department is a part of the Llanos, a grassland plain. The homonymous Meta River forms the northeastern border.[6] It is bordered by Cundinamarca, Casanare, Vichada, Caquetá, Guaviare, and Huila Departments.[7]

Parts of Chiribiquete Park, Tinigua National Natural Park, La Macarena National Natural Park,[8] and Caño Cristales are located in the department.[9][3]

It has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., 7.49% of the country.[7]

Municipalities

Meta Department is composed of 29 municipalities across 4 subregions. Its capital city is Villavicencio.[10]

Ariari Villavicencio Piedemonte Meta River
File:Colombia - Meta - Ariari.svg
File:Colombia - Meta - Villavicencio.svg
File:Colombia - Meta - Piedemonte.svg
File:Colombia - Meta - Río Meta.svg
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

Demographics

As of the 2018 Colombian census, Meta Department had a total population of 1,039,722 people.[11] In 2022, it had a Human Development Index of 0.769.[12]

The indigenous Sikuani,[13][14] Jiw,[15] Guayupe peoples are among those who inhabit the department.<templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".Achagua, which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.[16]

Government

Like all departments in Colombia, Meta has a Governor and a Departmental Assembly.[17]

Economy

Historically, the department's economy has been dependent on oil and gas. In the early 2020s, the national and departmental government began an effort to focus on and invest in tourism centered around its natural attractions.[3]

In 2022, Meta Department had a GDP of 58,439.5 billion Colombian pesos.[18]

Symbols

The flag of Meta has 17 horizontal stripes (nine green, eight white), representing Meta's place as the seventeenth department created in Colombia.[19]

The department has a monument marking the exact geographic center of Colombia, in a place known as Alto de Menegua, a few kilometers from Puerto López.[20]

See also

References

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