Cubarral is a town and municipality in the

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. The municipality of

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borders Cubarral to the north, to the west is bordered by the department of Cundinamarca, to the east by the municipality of

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and to the south by the municipality of

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. Furthermore, According to

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projections from the 2005 census, Cubarral would have a population of approximately 5946 people by 2015.

Hydrography

There are a lot of rivers that cross the municipality of Cubarral, and according to National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) in Spanish, some of the main watercourses are: * Ariari river * Humadea river * Tonoa river

Climate

Cubarral has a

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(

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''Af'') with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

Municipalities of Meta Department {{MetaCO-geo-stub