| Department of Cauca | |
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Location  | |
Coat of arms and flag   | |
| State | Colombia |
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| Region | Pacific region |
| Capital | Popayán |
| Surface | 29,308 km² |
| Inhabitants | 1.491.937 (2020 estimate) |
| Institutional website | |
Department of Cauca is an administrative division of the region Colombian of the Pacific.
To know
Geographical notes
The department of Cauca overlooks thePacific Ocean to the west, it borders the departments of Tolima is Cauca Valley to the north, with Huila is Caquetá to the east and with Nariño is Putumayo South.
The territory consists of a coastal plain crossed by the San Juan de Micay River to which it follows to the east Western Cordillera. Continuing east past the Pubenza valley, where the capital is located Popayán, extends the Central Cordillera which reaches 5,750 meters in Nevado del Huila in the north-eastern sector of Cauca.
The island of Gorgona, declared a national park, is part of the Cauca department.
Territories and tourist destinations
Department of Cauca: full screen map.Urban centers
- 1 Guapi - The port where you can find motorboats from private individuals who undertake to take you to the Gorgona island for a large fee.
- 2 Popayán - Departmental capital, Popayán it is famous for its historic center, with evocative colonial atmospheres and for its colonial arts.
- 3 Silvia - Center of the indigenous Guambía, Pitayó and Quichaya, who have preserved their traditional costumes, Silvia it is also very popular on weekends especially by the inhabitants of Cali.
Other destinations
- 1 Gorgona Island (Isla Gorgona) - An island 24 km off the coast of Guapi, with only one hotel on the beach next to the mooring.
- 2 Munchique National Natural Park (Parque nacional natural Munchique)
- 3 Puracé National Natural Park (Parque nacional natural Puracé)
- 4 Tierradentro - Pre-Columbian archaeological site, flourished from the third century AD. C.
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Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Department of Cauca
Commons contains images or other files on Department of Cauca
