El Castillo is a town and municipality in the
Meta Department
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Colombia
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History
The first settlers settled on the banks of the Caño Uruimes, with the passage of time this was elevated to the Category of Police Inspection of the Municipality of San Martín, under the name of Inspection of Urimes. By 1963, the name was changed to La Cal, which was again changed in 1976 when it was created as a municipality with its current name of El Castillo.
El Castillo was elevated to municipality by Ordinance No.001 of February 19,
1976
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* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
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[Medellín Becerra, Jorge Alejandro; Fajardo Rivera, Diana. El Castillo. Diccionario de Colombia (2005 edición). p. 335. ISBN 958-04-8561-5]
Geography
Limits
The municipality is located in the southwest of the department; in the region known as Alto Ariari
*North with the municipalities of El Dorado and
Cubarral;
*South with the municipalities of Lejanías and
Granada
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*West with the municipalities of Cubarral and
Lejanías.
*East with the municipalities of San Martín and Granada.
El Castillo has an average annual rainfall of 3,700 millimetres, and its average temperature is 28 °C.
Hydrography
The municipality is crossed by the Guape River to the west and the
Ariari River
The Ariari River is a river of Colombia, located entirely within the Meta Department. Part of the Orinoco River basin, it merges with the Guayabero River to forms the Guaviare River
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to the east, where they join to the southeast of the municipality. To the northwest is the El Guape Lagoon. The La Cal River crosses the municipality, as do the Dulce, Embarrado, Urimes and Yamanes Rivers.
Economy
Agriculture stands out as the main source of income for the municipality, especially corn, rice, cassava, banana and passion fruit crops, as well as smaller-scale crops of bananas, avocado, guava and some citrus fruits.
Livestock occupies the second sector of the municipal economy; both in the production of milk and in the production of meat.
The industrial sector is not very developed, its main exponent in a corn dryer that is located within the municipal seat; there are also numerous medium and small raw material transformation companies produced in the region.
References
External links
Official website of the Mayor's Office of El Castillo
Municipalities of Meta Department
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