Cauca, Colombie

Cauca is a depairtment o Colombie. Located in the south-wastren pairt o the kintra, facin the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast, Valle del Cauca tae the north, Tolima tae the northeast, Huila tae the east an Nariño tae the sooth, Putumayo an Caqueta Depairtments are locatit an borderin the sootheast portion o Cauca Depairtment as well. coverin a total aurie o 29,308 km², the 13t lairgest in Colombie. Its caipital is the ceety o Popayán. The offshore island o Malpelo belangs tae the depairtment. It is locatit in the soothwast o the kintra near the Andean (atween 00°58'54"N an 03°19'04"N latitude, 75°47'36"W an 77°57'05"W langitude). The aurie includes 2.56% o the kintra. Cauca is considered the 'epicentre' o the Colombie airmit conflict as o 2011.

Depairtment o Cauca Departamento del Cauca
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Por el Derecho a la Diferencia (Spainyie: For the Richt tae a Difference)
Cauca shown in red
Coordinates: 2°27′N 76°37′W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Andean Region
Established	15 Juin 1857
Caipital	Popayán
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Temistocles Ortega Narváez (Indigenous Social Alliance Muivement)
Area
• Total	29308 km2 (11,316 sq mi)
Area rank	13
Population  (2005)
• Total	1,244,886
• Rank	11
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAU
Municipalities	41
Website	[1]

Municipalities

• Almaguer
• Argelia
• Balboa
• Bolívar
• Buenos Aires
• Cajibio
• Caldono
• Caloto
• Corinto
• El Tambo
• Florencia
• Guapi
• Inzá
• Jambalo
• La Sierra
• La Vega
• Lopez
• Mercaderes
• Miranda
• Morales
• Padilla
• Paez
• Patia
• Piamonte
• Piendamó
• Popayán
• Puerto Tejada
• Purace
• Rosas
• San Sebastian
• Santander de Quilichao
• Santa Rosa
• Silvia
• Sotara
• Suárez
• Sucre
• Timbio
• Timbiqui
• Toribio
• Totoro
• Villa Rica

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Travel guide tae Cauca, Colombie frae Wikivoyage