Department of Casanare

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Department of Casanare
Departamento de Casanare

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Casanare Coat of arms of the Department of Casanare
Motto: Trabajo y Libertad (Spanish: Work and Liberty)
Anthem: Himno de Casanare
Casanare shown in red
Established	July 4, 1991
Region	Orinoquía Region
Capital	Yopal
Number of Municipalities	19
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Whitman Herney Porras Pérez Colombian Liberal Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 10 44,640 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 26 282,452[1] 6.32/km²
ISO_Code	CO-CAS
Government's Website: www.casanare.gov.co

Casanare is a department of Colombia. It is in the central eastern region of the country. Its capital is Yopal. It contains oil fields and an 800km pipeline leading to the coastal port of Coveñas owned by BP.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Aguazul
2. Chameza
3. Hato Corozal
4. La Salina
5. Maní
6. Monterrey
7. Nunchia
8. Orocue
9. Paz de Ariporo
10. Pore
11. Recetor
12. Sabanalarga
13. Sacama
14. San Luis de Palenque
15. Tamara
16. Tauramena
17. Trinidad
18. Villanueva
19. Yopal

Map of Municipalities in the Casanare Department. The Municipality and town of Yopal highlighted.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• BP pays out millions to Colombian farmers

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Government of Casanare official website

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