Orocué | |
Nickname: | San Miguel del Macuco, Caño San Miguel |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Orinoquía Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Casanare Department |
Established Date: | 1 Jan. 1850 or Aug. 1858 |
Area Total Km2: | 41.777 |
Area Urban Km2: | 8.24 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 8102 |
Coordinates: | 1.8094°N -72.7603°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 187 |
Website: | http://www.orocue-casanare.gov.co |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
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.[3]
It is located 180 km from Yopal, and 546 km from Bogotá.[4]
Orocué has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy rainfall from April to November.