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Los Llanos redirect here, for the Chilean region see: Los Llanos, Chile
Los Llanos, Chile

Los Llanos is flatland area encompassing the Chilean Central Valley between Valdivia, Chile and Osorno, Chile. It includes parts of the communes of Paillaco, La Uni?n, Chile, R?o Bueno, Chile, Osorno, Chile and San Pablo, Chile....


Los Llanos (meaning the flat plains) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated at the east of the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 in northwestern South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 (Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 and Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
). Its main river is the Orinoco
Orinoco

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km, . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia covers 880,000 km?, 76.3% in Venezuela with the rest in Colombia....
.

Despite poor climate, during the colonial era, llanero
Llanero

A Llanero or the Llaneros is the name given to Venezuela and Colombian cowboys and means "plainsmen." The Llanero take their name from the Llanos grasslands occupying western Venezuela and eastern Colombia....
s (similar to the gaucho
Gaucho

File:Gaucho1868b.jpgGaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian pampa, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Zona Austral and Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil....
s of the pampas) herded millions of heads of cattle
Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
 here.

The area slopes gradually away from the highland areas that surround it; elevation AMSL in the llanos never exceeds 200 meters.

Originally, llano is the Spanish word for plain.






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Los Llanos redirect here, for the Chilean region see: Los Llanos, Chile
Los Llanos, Chile

Los Llanos is flatland area encompassing the Chilean Central Valley between Valdivia, Chile and Osorno, Chile. It includes parts of the communes of Paillaco, La Uni?n, Chile, R?o Bueno, Chile, Osorno, Chile and San Pablo, Chile....


Los Llanos (meaning the flat plains) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated at the east of the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 in northwestern South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 (Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 and Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
). Its main river is the Orinoco
Orinoco

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km, . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia covers 880,000 km?, 76.3% in Venezuela with the rest in Colombia....
.

Despite poor climate, during the colonial era, llanero
Llanero

A Llanero or the Llaneros is the name given to Venezuela and Colombian cowboys and means "plainsmen." The Llanero take their name from the Llanos grasslands occupying western Venezuela and eastern Colombia....
s (similar to the gaucho
Gaucho

File:Gaucho1868b.jpgGaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian pampa, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Zona Austral and Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil....
s of the pampas) herded millions of heads of cattle
Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
 here.

The area slopes gradually away from the highland areas that surround it; elevation AMSL in the llanos never exceeds 200 meters.

Originally, llano is the Spanish word for plain. It became the Spanish-American term for prairie
Prairie

Prairie refers to temperate grasslands of North America. These are areas of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few or no trees, having a generally mesic habitat climate....
.

In Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, the dry grassland in the western part of the state is know as the Llano Estacado (in Spanish, "staked plain").

Cities situated in Los Llanos


In Colombia

  • Villavicencio
    Villavicencio

    Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Meta Department, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4?08N, 73?40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogot? by the Guatiqu?a river....
  • Puerto López
  • Arauca
    Arauca, Arauca

    Arauca is a municipality and Capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia. Its full name is Villa de Santa B?rbara de Arauca, it is located at N 07? 05' 25? - W 70? 45' 42?....
  • Tame
    Tame, Arauca

    Tame is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. The municipality has a total area of 5,300 km?....
  • Saravena
    Saravena

    Saravena is a city in Arauca Department, Colombia. It is located at around ....
  • Yopal
    Yopal

    Yopal is a municipality and capital city of the Departments of Colombia of Casanare in Colombia.*Population: 84 293 inhabitants*Elevation: 350 m...
  • Puerto Carreño
    Puerto Carreño

    Puerto Carre?o is the departmental capital, and a Municipalities of Colombia, of the Departments of Colombia of Vichada Department in the llanos of Colombia....
  • Inirida
  • Mitú
    Mitú

    Mit? is the capital city of the Departments of Colombia of Vaup?s Department in Colombia. The town of Mitu is the most remote Capital of Department in Colombia....
  • San José del Guaviare
    San José del Guaviare

    San Jos? del Guaviare is a town and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Departments of Colombia of Guaviare Department by the Guaviare River....
  • Gaviotas
    Gaviotas

    Gaviotas is an ecovillage located in the llanos of the Colombian departments of Colombia of Vichada Department, at 4?33'17"N, 70?54'55"W. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo Lugari who assembled a group of engineers and scientists in an attempt to create a mode of sustainable living in one of the least hospitable political and geographical climat...


In Venezuela

  • San Fernando de Apure
    San Fernando de Apure

    San Fernando de Apure is a city in Apure State, Venezuela. The population of the municipality area is 175.056 . The Eighteenth Century exports included heron feathers and animal hides....
  • Barinas
  • San Carlos
    San Carlos

    San Carlos means "Saint Charles" in the Spanish language. It may refer to:...
  • Calabozo
    Calabozo

    Calabozo, or Calaboso, an inland town of Venezuela, once capital of the province of Caracas in the colonial period, formerly in the State of Miranda and former capital of the state of Guarico....
  • El Tigre
    El Tigre

    For other uses please see El Tigre or TigreEl Tigre is a city in the eastern Venezuelan States of Venezuela of Anzo?tegui. This city is the County seat of the Sim?n Rodr?guez Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 147,800....
  • Caripito
  • Araure
    Araure

    Araure is a town in the Venezuelan States of Venezuela of Portuguesa . This town is the County seat of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 111,908....
  • Guanare
    Guanare

    Guanare is the capital city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. It is where la Virgen de Coromoto is said to have appeared to a Coromoto Indian.Located at the edge of the Southwestern floodplains, near the Andes foothills, Guanare is in a region known for livestock and agricultural production....
  • Acarigua
    Acarigua

    Acarigua is a city in northwestern Venezuela, in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa at coordinates . The city's population is 116 551 but now estimated at 208,495 for 2008....
  • Puerto Ayacucho
    Puerto Ayacucho

    Puerto Ayacucho is the capital and largest city of Amazonas State, Venezuela state in Venezuela. Puerto Ayacucho is located across the Orinoco River from the Colombian village of Casuarito....
  • Maturín
    Maturín

    Matur?n is the capital of the Venezuelan States of Venezuela of Monagas. The city has a population of 741,000 people....
  • Sabaneta
    Sabaneta, Barinas

    Sabaneta is a city in Venezuela's Barinas State. It was the birthplace of President of Venezuela Hugo Ch?vez. Sabaneta is the capital city of Alberto Arvelo Torrealba municipality in Barinas ....
  • Valle de la Pascua
    Valle de la Pascua

    File:Valle de la pascua-1-.jpgValle de la Pascua is a valley and city in the state of Gu?rico State in central Venezuela. It is the seat of Leonardo Infante municipality....
  • Tucupita
    Tucupita

    Tucupita is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro....


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