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Cauca Department (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkawka], Spanish: Departamento del Cauca) is a Department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west,[3] the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño Department to the south. Putumayo and Caqueta Departments border the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. It covers a total area of 29,308 km² (11,316 sq mi), the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán. The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in the Andean and Pacific regions (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W and 77°57′05″W longitude) plus a tiny part (Piamonte) in the Amazonian region. The area includes 2.56% of the country.

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2009)

Department of Cauca Departamento del Cauca
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Por el Derecho a la Diferencia (Spanish: For the Right to a Difference)
Cauca shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 2°27′N 76°37′W
Country	Colombia
Region	Andean Region/Pacific Region
Established	June 15, 1857
Capital	Popayán
Government
• Governor	Óscar Rodrigo Campos Hurtado (2016-2019)
Area
• Total	29,308 km2 (11,316 sq mi)
• Rank	13th
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,464,488
• Rank	11th
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAU
Municipalities	41
HDI (2019)	0.719[2] high · 25th of 33
Website	[permanent dead link]

Administrative Division

Cauca department is divided into 42 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and populated places. The municipalities are grouped into 27 circles and 29 notaries: a circle-based registration in Popayán and eight sectional offices based in Bolívar, Caloto, Puerto Tejada, Santander de Quilichao, Patia, Guapi and Silvia, makes up the judicial district of Popayán. This district possesses 8 judicial circuit seats in Popayán, Bolívar, Caloto, Guapi, Patia, Puerto Tejada, Santander de Quilichao and Silvia. The department makes up the constituency of Cauca.

It has many small towns and indigenous reservations such as the Lopez Adentro reservation.

Physiography

The relief of the territory of the department of Cauca belongs to the Andean system at the macro level seven distinguishing morphological units:

1. the Pacific Plate
2. the Western Cordillera
3. the Central Cordillera
4. the highlands of Popayán
5. the Macizo Colombiano
6. Valle del Patia
7. a small sliver of the Amazon Basin

The Pacific Plate comprises two sectors, firstly the alluvial coastal belt or platform characterized by low, swampy, mangrove forest with many rivers estuaries subject to the ebb and flow of tides, the remainder is a plain or hills comprising the western slopes of the western cordillera.

The western cordillera in Cauca extends from southwest to northeast. Among the most important landmarks are the blade of Napí, the hills of Guaduas, Munchique, and Naya, and the Cauca River Valley. The central mountain range crosses the department from south to north; relevant landmarks include Sotará Colcano, Petacas Nevado del Huila, and the departmental boundary.

The highlands of Popayán, sandwiched between the Western and Central Cordilleras, is seen as a landmark within the plateau of the hill of La Tetilla. Among the most representative landmarks of the Colombian Massif, shared with the department of Huila, are the Páramo del Buey, the volcanoes of Cutanga and Puracé, the peak of Paletará, and the Sierra Nevada of Coconucos. Patia Valley, where the Patia River runs north-south and framed by the Central and Western mountain ranges, extends into Nariño Department. The Amazonian salient corresponds to the so-called Bota Caucana, through which flows the Japurá River.

Colombian Massif

The Colombian Massif, also called the Nudo de Almaguer, is a mountainous area of "Andes colombianos" covering the departments of Cauca, Huila, and Nariño. In the south is the Nudo de los Pastos, and the north, central, and eastern mountain ranges emerge. The Colombian Massif is a strategic national and international level, given its significance for water production, biodiversity and ecosystems, an area that represents a special conformation of the regions with more potential for development in Colombia.

Hydrography

Cauca Department can be divided into the following hydrographic regions:

1. The Cauca river system, consisting of five major basins: Alto Cauca, Pacific, Alto Magdalena, Patia and Caqueta. Alto Cauca, the most important, is formed by the Cauca River and its tributaries: Palo, Guengué, Negro, Teta, Desbaratado, and Quilichao, Mondomo, Ovejas, Pescador, Robles, Piedras, Sucio, Palacé, Cofre, Honda, Cajibío, Piendamó, Tunia, Molino, Timbío and Blanco.
2. Patia basin, consists of the Patia River and its tributary rivers Guachinoco, Ismita, Bojoleo, El Guaba, Sambingo and Mayo.
3. Outside the Patia basin, the Pacific slope is mainly drained by the rivers Guapi, Timbiquí, Saija and Micay.
4. Alto Magdalena, whose main river is the Páez River which is fed by the rivers: San Vicente, Moras, Ullucos, Negro y Negro de Narvaez, and the streams: Toez, Símbola, Salado, Gualcar, Gallo, Macana, Honda and Totumo.
5. Caquetá basin, consists of the Caquetá River into which the rivers Cusiyaco, Cascabelito, Verdeyaco, Mandiyaco, Fragua, Cascabel, Curiaco and Pacayaco flow.

Gorgonilla and Gorgona islands are located in the Pacific Ocean and belong to Cauca Department.

Economy

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1938	356,040	—
1951	391,509	+10.0%
1964	607,197	+55.1%
1973	582,709	−4.0%
1985	857,751	+47.2%
1993	1,127,678	+31.5%
2005	1,268,937	+12.5%
2018	1,464,488	+15.4%
Source:[4]

The Cauca economy is based primarily on agriculture and livestock production, forestry, fishing and trade. Agriculture has been developed and modernized in the northern department, with the main crops being sugar cane, cane panela, conventional maize, rice, corn tech, banana, agave, yucca, potatoes, coconut, sorghum, cocoa, groundnut, and palm.

In the Pacific region is extracted gold, silver and platinum. Other non-precious minerals that are exploited are sulfur, asbestos, limestone, talc, gypsum and coal. The manufacturing industry is located in Popayán, Santander de Quilichao, Puerto Tejada with factories of food, beverages, dairy products, paper, packaging, wood processing, sugar industry and paper processing for export. The main centers of commercial activity are Popayán, Santander de Quilichao, Patia, Puerto Tejada, Piendamó and Corinto.

Municipalities

References

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2009)

External links

• Official website
• Cauca travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website Archived 2020-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Departamento del Cauca

Das Departamento del Cauca ist eine Provinz im Südwesten Kolumbiens. Zu Cauca, das im Westen an den Pazifik grenzt, gehören die Inseln Gorgona (ca. 50 km westlich vor der Küste) und Malpelo (ca. 450 km westlich vor der Küste). Die weiteren Grenzen teilt sich die Provinz im Norden mit den Departamentos de Valle del Cauca und Tolima, im Osten mit Huila und Caquetá und im Süden mit Putumayo und Nariño.

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- [en] Cauca Department

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[ru] Каука

Ка́ука (исп. Cauca) — один из департаментов Колумбии. Располагается на западе страны, выходит к Тихому океану. К департаменту относится также остров Горгона, расположенный в Тихом океане в 26 км от континента. Административный центр — город Попаян.

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