Department of Casanare
Departamento de Casanare | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Trabajo y Libertad (Spanish: Work and Freedom) | |
| Anthem: Himno de Casanare | |
.svg) Casanare shown in red | |
 Topography of the department | |
| Coordinates: 5°21′0″N 72°24′36″W / 5.35000°N 72.41000°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Orinoquía Region |
| Department | 1991 |
| Province | 1660 |
| Capital | Yopal |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Salomon Andres Sanabria (2020-2023) |
| Area | |
• Total | 44,640 km2 (17,240 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 10th |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 420,504 |
| • Rank | 25th |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | COP 23,661 billion (US$ 5.6 billion) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-CAS |
| Municipalities | 19 |
| HDI | 0.741[3] high · 16th of 33 |
| Website | www.casanare.gov.co |
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.
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.
- ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ 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.