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Casanare Department

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Department of Casanare Departamento de Casanare
Department

Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s): Trabajo y Libertad (Spanish: Work and Freedom)
Anthem: Himno de Casanare
Casanare shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 5°21′0″N 72°24′36″W / 5.35000°N 72.41000°W / 5.35000; -72.41000
Country	Colombia
Region	Orinoquía Region
Established	July 4, 1991
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 ^[2]
• Total	COP 23,661 billion (US$ 5.6 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAS
Municipalities	19
HDI (2019)	0.750^[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 kmpipeline leading to the coastal port of Coveñas owned by BP.

Rivers and dams[edit]

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

History[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1973	-	—
1985	147,472	—
1993	211,329	+43.3%
2005	295,353	+39.8%
2018	420,504	+42.4%
Source:^[6]

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

Municipalities[edit]

References[edit]

^ "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.

^ "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)

^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.