Department_of_Casanare

Casanare Department

Casanare Department

National subdivision in Colombia

Casanare (Spanish pronunciation: [kasaˈnaɾe], Spanish: Departamento de Casanare) is a department located in the central eastern of Colombia. It is famous for its oil and natural gas production as well as its livestock and extensive plains.[4] It is also the tenth largest department with an area of 44,490 km2, similar to that of Denmark, but also the seventh least densely populated.

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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 pipeline leading to the coastal port of Coveñas owned by BP.

Rivers and dams

The Upía River (Río Upía) is in Casanare.[5] Casanare, Ariporo, Guachiría, Guanapalo, Pauto, Tocaría, Cravo Sur, Cusiana, Túa y Upía.

History

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

Municipalities

  1. Aguazul
  2. Chámeza
  3. Hato Corozal
  4. La Salina
  5. Maní
  6. Monterrey
  7. Nunchía
  8. Orocué
  9. Paz de Ariporo
  10. Pore
  11. Recetor
  12. Sabanalarga
  13. Sácama
  14. San Luis de Palenque
  15. Támara
  16. Tauramena
  17. Trinidad
  18. Villanueva
  19. Yopal, capital

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
  3. [3]
    "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. [4]
    S.A.S, Editorial La República. "Campos petroleros de Casanare, los que más aportaron al aumento de la producción". Diario La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  5. [5]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2008-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. [6]
    "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.


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