META DEPARTMENT

                                     

Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. At the north of this department is located Cundinamarca, Meta and Upia Rivers; at the south is located Caqueta. 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.

This department has 29 municipalities as Villavicencio, Acacías, La Macarena, among others.

Meta was conquered by Alonso de Herrera, Nicolás de Federman, etc. They were looking for El Dorado.

The main economical activity is the cattle farming and the agriculture (rice, canha, corn, banana, beans, etc).

In this department is located La Serranía de la Macarena and the River of five colors (Caño Cristales).