Meta Department

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Meta Department is an administrative region in central Colombia known for its vast plains (Llanos), agriculture, and oil production.

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Observed surface forms (3)


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
department of Colombia
national park
river
administrativeDivisionOf Colombia
borderedBy Boyacá Department
Caquetá Department
Casanare Department
Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department

Guainía Department
Guaviare Department
Huila Department
Vichada Department
capital Villavicencio
capitalOf Meta Department self-linksurface differs
climate tropical savanna climate
containsProtectedArea Sierra de la Macarena National Natural Park
containsTouristAttraction Caño Cristales
country Colombia
hasEconomicActivity hydrocarbon extraction
livestock production
maize cultivation
oil palm cultivation
rice cultivation
soybean cultivation
hasMajorCity Acacías
Granada
Puerto Gaitán
Puerto López
Villavicencio
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasSubdivisions municipalities
hasTransportInfrastructure Villavicencio–Bogotá highway
knownFor Llanos plains
agriculture
cattle ranching
natural gas production
oil production
locatedIn Meta Department self-linksurface differs
central Colombia
locatedOn eastern plains of Colombia
partOf Orinoquía region of Colombia
surface form: Orinoquía Region
regionType Orinoco Llanos floodplains
surface form: Llanos
sovereignState Colombia
surface form: Republic of Colombia
timeZone America/Bogota
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
traversedByRiver Ariari River
Guaviare River
Meta River
utcOffset UTC−05:00

Referenced by (10)

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Boyacá Department borderedBy Meta Department
Cundinamarca region borders Meta Department
subject surface form: Cundinamarca
subject surface form: Cundinamarca Department
Tolima Department borders Meta Department
Huila Department bordersWith Meta Department
Meta Department capitalOf Meta Department self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Villavicencio
Guaviare River flowsThrough Meta Department
Guaviare River formsBorderBetween Meta Department
Meta Department locatedIn Meta Department self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Caño Cristales