Orocué
Sign in to saveOrocué is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia, located on the shore of the Meta River. Historically, it went by the name San Miguel del Macuco.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Orocué
- Settlement.nicknames
- San Miguel del Macuco, Caño San Miguel
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Image:Flag of Orocué (Casanare).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Casanare - Orocué.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Orocue in the Casanare Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Orinoquía Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Casanare Department
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 Jan. 1850 or Aug. 1858
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 41.777
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 8.24
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Casanare Department
- Population
- 8460
- Area
- 41.777
- Elevation
- 187
- Body of water
- Meta River
- Shares border with
- Yopal
- Official website
- www.orocue-casanare.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Los llanos in Orocue.jpg
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- Orocué
- inception
- 1850-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Orocué is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia, located on the shore of the Meta River. Historically, it went by the name San Miguel del Macuco.
It is located 180 km from Yopal, and 546 km from Bogotá.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orocué” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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