Casanare Department

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.

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
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 [2]
• 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

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

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

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

Flag

The flag is divided diagonally from the upper-fly corner to the lower-hoist corner. The upper-hoist triangle is red and the lower-fly triangle, green. At the center of the flag is an eight pointed sun in yellow. The meanings attributed to the elements are that the color red symbolizes the blood spilled by its heroes, the color green its natural resources and its prairies, and the sun has eight corners that represent each letter of the word CASANARE.^[7]

See also

• Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare
• Casanare Province (historical)
• Casanare River