Casanare Department

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	Raúl Flórez (2008-) [[]]
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 800 km pipeline leading to the coastal port of Coveñas owned by BP.

Rivers and Dams

Upia River (Río Upía) and Upia Dam are in Casanere ^[2].

Municipalities

1. Aguazul
2. Chameza
3. Hato Corozal
4. La Salina
5. Maní
6. Monterrey
7. Nunchía
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

Notes

References

• BP pays out millions to Colombian farmers

External links

• (Spanish) Government of Casanare official website

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