Editing Cauca Department (section)

{{Short description|Department of Colombia}}
{{other uses|Cauca (disambiguation)}}
{{One source|article|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Department of Cauca
| native_name        = Departamento del Cauca
| native_name_lang   = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code -->
| type               = [[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
| image_skyline      = Volcán_Puracé_from_Popayán_-_2006.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = [[Puracé|Puracé volcano]] seen from [[Popayán]]
| image_map1         = Cauca Topographic 2.png
| map_caption1       = Topography of the department
| image_flag         = Flag of Cauca.svg
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Escudo del Cauca.svg
| shield_alt         = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = ''Por el Derecho a la Diferencia''<br /><small>(Spanish: ''For the Right to a Difference'')</small>
| anthem             = 
| image_map          = Cauca in Colombia (mainland).svg
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Cauca shown in red
| coordinates        = {{coord|2|27|N|76|37|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Colombia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Colombia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Andean Region (Colombia)|Andean Region]]/[[Pacific Region (Colombia)|Pacific Region]]
| parts_type         = Largest city
| parts_style        = para
| p1                 = 
| established_title  = [[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
| established_date   = 1824
| established_title1 = [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|Province]]
| established_date1  = 1537
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Provinces of Colombia|Provinces]]
| blank_info_sec1    = 
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipalities]]
| blank1_info_sec1   = 41
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| seat_type          = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| seat               = [[Popayán]]
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = Elías Larrahondo Carabalí (2020-Present)
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 29308
| area_rank          = [[List of Colombian Departments by area|13th]]
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2009 |access-date=13 February 2013 }}</ref>
| population_total   = 1,464,488
| population_as_of   = 2018
| population_rank    = [[List of Colombian Departments by population|11th]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = 
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = [[Colombian peso|COP]] 25,768 billion<br />([[US$]] 6.1 billion)
| timezone1          = [[UTC-05]]
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 
| area_code_type     = 
| area_code          = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO-CAU]]
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2019)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.719<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index|25th of 33]]
| website            = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Cauca Department''' ({{IPA|es|ˈkawka}}, {{langx|es|Departamento del Cauca}}) is a [[departments of Colombia|department]] of Southwestern [[Colombia]]. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west,<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Cauca}}</ref> the [[Valle del Cauca Department]] to the north, [[Tolima Department]] to the northeast, [[Huila Department]] to the east, and [[Nariño Department]] to the south. Putumayo and Caqueta Departments border the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. It covers a total area of {{Convert|29308|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of [[Popayán]]. The offshore island of [[Malpelo Island|Malpelo]] belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in [[Andean Region (Colombia)|the Andean]] and [[Pacific Region (Colombia)|Pacific regions]] (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W and 77°57′05″W longitude) plus a tiny part ([[Piamonte]]) in [[Amazonian Region|the Amazonian region]]. The area makes up 2.56% of the country.