Casanare Department

{{Short description|National subdivision in Colombia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Department of Casanare

| native_name = Departamento de Casanare

| native_name_lang = es

| type = Department

| image_skyline = Los Llanos Colombia by David.png

| image_alt =

| image_caption =

| image_map1 = Casanare Topographic 2.png

| map_caption1 = Topography of the department

| image_flag = Flag of Casanare.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Escudo de Casanare.svg

| shield_alt =

| nickname =

| motto = Trabajo y Libertad
(Spanish: Work and Freedom)

| anthem = Himno de Casanare

| image_map = Casanare_in_Colombia_(mainland).svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Casanare shown in red

| coordinates = {{coord|5|21|0|N|72|24|36|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Orinoquía Region

| parts_type = Largest city

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| established_title = Department

| established_date = 1991

| established_title1 = Province

| established_date1 = 1660

| blank_name_sec1 = Provinces

| blank_info_sec1 =

| blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank1_info_sec1 = 19

| founder =

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Yopal

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Salomon Andres Sanabria (2020-2023)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 44640

| area_rank = 10th

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| area_water_percent =

| area_note =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 350

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2013 }}

| population_total = 420,504

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_rank = 25th

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note =

| demographics_type1 = GDP

| demographics1_footnotes = {{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}

| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = COP 23,661 billion
(US$ 5.6 billion)

| timezone1 = UTC-05

| postal_code_type =

| postal_code =

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| area_code =

| iso_code = CO-CAS

| blank_name_sec2 = HDI

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.741{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
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| website = [http://www.casanare.gov.co/ www.casanare.gov.co]

| footnotes =

}}

Casanare ({{IPA|es|kasaˈnaɾe}}, {{langx|es|Departamento de 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.{{Cite web |last=S.A.S |first=Editorial La República |title=Campos petroleros de Casanare, los que más aportaron al aumento de la producción |url=https://www.larepublica.co/economia/campos-petroleros-de-casanare-los-que-mas-aportaron-al-aumento-de-la-produccion-3418252 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Diario La República |language=es}} 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.