Departamento de Meta

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Departamento de Meta is a large department in central Colombia known for its vast Llanos plains, cattle ranching, and oil production, with Villavicencio as its capital.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Departamento de Meta canonical 3
Meta Department 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
department of Colombia
agriculturalProduct cassava
oil palm
plantain
rice
capital Villavicencio
contains Caño Cristales
Orinoco Llanos floodplains
surface form: Llanos plains

Serranía de la Macarena
surface form: Sierra de la Macarena

Villavicencio
containsRiver Meta River
country Colombia
hasBorderWith Caquetá Department
surface form: Departamento de Caquetá

Departamento de Casanare
Departamento de Cundinamarca
Guaviare Department
surface form: Departamento de Guaviare

Huila Department
surface form: Departamento de Huila

Departamento de Vichada
Amazonas Department (Colombia)
surface form: Departamento del Amazonas

Arauca Department
surface form: Departamento del Arauca

Boyacá Department
surface form: Departamento del Boyacá

Departamento del Guainía
Vaupés Department
surface form: Departamento del Vaupés
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasPopulationCenter Acacías
Granada
Puerto Gaitán
Puerto López
Villavicencio
knownFor cattle ranching
oil production
vast Llanos plains
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn central Colombia
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
locatedInTimeZone Colombia Time
locatedOn Eastern Plains of Colombia
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock ranching
petroleum extraction
namedAfter Meta River
officialName Departamento del Meta
partOf Orinoquía region of Colombia
surface form: Region of Orinoquía
shortName META
surface form: Meta
utcOffset UTC−05:00

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Departamento de Cundinamarca borders Departamento de Meta
Departamento de Boyacá borders Departamento de Meta
Departamento de Casanare borders Departamento de Meta
Río Meta (Spanish) locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Departamento de Meta
subject surface form: Río Meta
this entity surface form: Meta Department