Casanare (, ) is a department located in the central eastern of

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. It is famous for its oil and natural gas production as well as its livestock and extensive plains. It is also the tenth largest department with an area of 44,490 km², similar to that of

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, but also the seventh least densely populated. Its capital is

Yopal Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio. History Before the period of the Spanish colonization of the ...

, which is also the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal. It contains

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s and an 800 km

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leading to the coastal port of

Coveñas Coveñas is a resort city 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 was classified as a municipa ...

owned by BP.

Rivers and dams

The

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(Río Upía) is in Casanare. Casanare, Ariporo, Guachiría, Guanapalo, Pauto, Tocaría, Cravo Sur, Cusiana, Túa y Upía.

History

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

Municipalities

# Aguazul #

Chámeza Chámeza () is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia. Climate Chámeza has a very wet tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found withi ...

# Hato Corozal # La Salina # Maní #

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# Nunchía #

Orocué Orocué is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia, located on the shore of the Meta River. Historically, it went by the name San Miguel del Macuco. It is located 180 km from Yopal, and 546 km from Bogotá. ...

Paz de Ariporo Paz de Ariporo is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North A ...

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

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# Villanueva #

, capital

Flag

The flag is divided diagonally from the upper-fly corner to the lower-hoist corner. The upper-hoist triangle is red and the lower-fly triangle, green. At the center of the flag is an eight pointed sun in yellow. The meanings attributed to the elements are that the color red symbolizes the blood spilled by its heroes, the color green its natural resources and its prairies, and the sun has eight corners that represent each letter of the word CASANARE.Gobernación de Casanare: Nuestros Símbolos
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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