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. 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.

Rivers and dams

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

History

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

Municipalities

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