Place:Meta, Colombia

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NameMeta
Alt namesMetasource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates3.5°N 73°W
Located inColombia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Acacías
Cabuyaro
Chafurray
Cháviva
El Calvario
El Pato
Fuente de Oro
Granada
Guamal
La Horqueta
Melúa
Pavon
Puerto Limón
Puerto Lopéz
Restrepo
San Carlos de Guaroa
San Martín
Uribe
Villavicencio ( 1840 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Meta is a 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.

Achagua, which is similar to Piapoco, is an Indigenous language spoken by a minority in the department.

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