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Department of Cauca
Departamento de Cauca

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Cauca Coat of arms of the Department of Cauca
Motto: Por el Derecho a la Diferencia (Spanish: For the Right to a Difference)
Cauca shown in red
Established	June 15, 1857
Region	Andean Region
Capital	Popayán
Number of Municipalities	41
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Juan José Chaux Mosquera Colombian Liberal Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 13 29,308 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 11 1,244,886[1] 46.5/km²
ISO code	CO-CAU
Government's Website: www.gobcauca.gov.co

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.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] See also

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

Quintana and Mondomo are also part of el departamento del Cauca

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Cauca travel guide from Wikitravel
• 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 20, 2005. Retrieved May 20, 2005.
• (Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website
• (Spanish) Some information about touristic destinations in the Cauca Department

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