Cauca department
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Department of Cauca Departamento del Cauca |
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| Motto: Por el Derecho a la Diferencia (Spanish: For the Right to a Difference) |
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 Cauca shown in red |
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 Topography of the department |
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| Coordinates: 2°27′N 76°37′W / 2.450°N 76.617°WCoordinates: 2°27′N 76°37′W / 2.450°N 76.617°W | |||
| Country |
 Colombia
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| Region | Andean Region | ||
| Established | June 15, 1857 | ||
| Capital | Popayán | ||
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| • Governor | Oscar Rodrigo Campo Hurtado (2016-2019) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 29,308 km2 (11,316 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 13th | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 1,354,744 | ||
| • Rank | 11th | ||
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-05 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | CO-CAU | ||
| Municipalities | 41 | ||
| Website | [1] | ||
Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part 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, Putumayo and Caqueta Departments are located and bordering the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. 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. It is located in the southwest of the country near the Andean (between 00°58'54"N and 03°19'04"N latitude, 75°47'36"W and 77°57'05"W longitude). The area includes 2.56% of the country.
Cauca department is divided into 38 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and populated places. The municipalities are grouped into 27 circles and 29 notaries notary, 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, Popayán, with 8 seats judicial circuit in Popayán, Bolívar, Caloto, Guapi, Patia, Puerto Tejada, Santander de Quilichao and Silvia. The department makes up the constituency of Cauca.
The relief of the territory of the department of Cauca belongs to the Andean system at the macro level seven distinguishing morphological units: the Pacific plate, western cordillera, Central cordillera, highlands of Popayán, Macizo Colombiano, Valle del Patia and the sector of the Amazon basin. The Pacific plate comprises two sectors, the alluvial coastal belt or platform characterized by low, covered with mangrove forest, swampy, both the quantity of rivers, estuaries and reaching the Pacific coast, such as being subjected the ebb and flow of tides, the other area is the actual plain of hills comprising the western slopes of the western cordillera.
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