CAUCA DEPARTMENT


'Cauca' is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of 29,308 Km², the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán. The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department.

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Municipalities
See also
References
External links

Municipalities



Almaguer

Argelia

Balboa

Bolívar

Buenos Aires

Cajibio

Caldono

Caloto

Corinto

El Tambo

Florencia

Guapi

Inza

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

Suarez

Sucre

Timbio

Timbiqui

Toribio

Totoro

Villa Rica

See also



Colombian Civil War (1860-1862) in which Cauca was heavily involved

References


1. http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/cauca/cauca.pdf Population Statistics by DANE

External links





Democracy Now!. ''Indigenous Community in Colombia Fears Start of "Dirty War"''. Guests: Ezequiel Vitonas, former mayor of Toribio, and Manuel Rozental, human rights activist. Interviewer: Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman. Segment available in transcript and via streaming real audio, 128k streaming Real Video or MP3 download. 12:29 minutes. Friday, May 20th, 2005. Retrieved May 20, 2005.

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