Department of Cauca

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The Department of Cauca is an administrative region in southwestern Colombia known for its diverse indigenous cultures, Afro-Colombian communities, and varied geography ranging from Andean highlands to Pacific lowlands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Department of Cauca canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia ⓘ
bordersCountry Ecuador ⓘ
bordersDepartment Caquetá Department ⓘ
Huila Department ⓘ
Nariño Department ⓘ
Putumayo Department ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
capital Popayán ⓘ
climateType varied climate from humid tropical to cold highland ⓘ
containsCity Popayán ⓘ
Puerto Tejada ⓘ
Santander de Quilichao ⓘ
containsMunicipality Buenos Aires, Cauca ⓘ
Caldono ⓘ
El Tambo ⓘ
Guapi ⓘ
Inzá ⓘ
Patía ⓘ
Piendamó ⓘ
Silvia ⓘ
Timbiquí ⓘ
Toribío ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Munchique National Natural Park ⓘ
Puracé National Natural Park ⓘ
containsVolcano Puracé Volcano ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
crossedByRiver Cauca River ⓘ
Patía River ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
Misak (Guambiano) people ⓘ
Nasa (Paez) people ⓘ
linked to: Nasa (Páez) people

Yanacona people ⓘ
mestizo population ⓘ
governedBy Governor of Cauca ⓘ
hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasIndigenousReserves Yes ⓘ
hasProvinceOrSubregion Andean highlands of Cauca ⓘ
Pacific lowlands of Cauca ⓘ
knownFor Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
coffee production ⓘ
diverse indigenous cultures ⓘ
mining activities ⓘ
sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
largestCity Popayán ⓘ
legislativeBody Departmental Assembly of Cauca ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Colombia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
officialName Departamento del Cauca ⓘ
linked to: Cauca Department
partOf Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
Pacific region of Colombia ⓘ
recognizedRegionalLanguages Misak language ⓘ
Nasa Yuwe ⓘ
sovereignState Republic of Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Colombia
timeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
traversedByMountainRange Andes ⓘ
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Colombia → hasPart → Department of Cauca ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Colombia
La Ciudad Blanca → locatedIn → Department of Cauca ⓘ