CAUCA  , a large See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• COLOMBIA

Colombia, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South • See also:

• AMERICA

America, lying between the departments of See also:

• BOLIVAR
• BOLIVAR, SIMON (1783-1830)

Bolivar, Antioquia, Caldas and Tolima on the E., and the Pacific Ocean and See also:

• PANAMA

Panama on the W,, and extending from the Caribbean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea S. to the department of Narino . Pop . (1905, estimate) 400,000; See also:

• AREA

area 26,930 sq. m . Although Cauca was deprived of extensive territories on the upper Caqueta and Putumayo, and of a large area bordering on See also:

• ECUADOR (officially La Republica del Ecuador)

Ecuador in the territorial redistribution of 1905, it remained the largest department of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . The Western See also:

• CORDILLERA

Cordillera, traversing nearly its whole length from south to See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and the Central Cordillera, forming a See also:

• PART

part of its eastern frontier, give a very mountainous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character to the region . It includes, besides, the fertile and healthful valley of the upper Cauca, the hot, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low valley of the Atrato, and a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long coastal See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on the Pacific . The region is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in mines and valuable forests, but its inhabitants have made very little progress in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture because there are not adequate transportation facilities . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the department is See also:

• POPAYAN

Popayan at its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern extremity, with an estimated See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1905 of 1o,000, other important towns are See also:

• CALI

Cali (16,000), Buga, See also:

• CARTAGO

Cartago and See also:

• BUENAVENTURA

Buenaventura .