Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio. The department has a monument placed in the very geographic centre of Colombia, at a place known as Alto de Menegua, a few kilometers from Puerto López.

Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of Meta department, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 80 km (about 45 m) southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá (DC) by the Guatiquía River. It is affectionally called "Villavo".

Lying in a rural zone of tropical climate, Villavicencio is on the great Colombian-Venezuelan plain called Los Llanos, which is situated to the east of the Andes mountains. Villavicencio is also called "La Puerta al Llano", or "The Gateway to the Plains", due to its location on the historical path from the Colombian interior to the vast savannas that lie between the Andes range and the Amazon rainforest.

Villavicencio's proximity to huge mountains and great plains make the city an example of Colombia's geodiversity. Because it is located in the foothills of the Andes, the morning and evening breezes cool the city that is very hot for most of the day.

Wrestling in Meta

The "Liga de Lucha Olímpica del Meta" organizes olympic wrestling in the Colombian department of Meta. In the provincial capital Villavicencio, is the center located. Headcoach of the province's selection is the Cuban Wilfredo Infante and he is supported by Gonzalo Baquero. The province selection participates actively in national tournaments throughout Colombia.

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