Casanare Department (, es, Departamento de Casanare) is a department in the central eastern region of Colombia. Its capital is Yopal, which is also the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal. It contains oil fields and an 800 km

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leading to the coastal port of

Coveñas Coveñas is a Resort town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. It was established in the 16th century as a port for slave traders, then it became an oil port in the twentieth century . It became a municipality in 20 ...

owned by BP.

Rivers and dams

The Upía River (Río Upía) is in Casanare.

History

A former subregion of Boyacá, Casanare became separate department in 1973.

Municipalities

# Aguazul # Chámeza # Hato Corozal # La Salina # Maní # Monterrey # Nunchía # Orocué # Paz de Ariporo #

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# Recetor # Sabanalarga # Sácama # San Luis de Palenque # Támara # Tauramena #

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# Villanueva # Yopal, capital

References

Sources and external links

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Government of Casanare official website
Departments of Colombia States and territories established in 1991 {{Casanare-geo-stub

Rivers and dams

History

Municipalities

See also

References

Sources and external links