Cauca Department (Gran Colombia)

Cauca Department was one of the

departments of Gran Colombia The Gran Colombia, Republic of Gran Colombia was a former independent country in northern South America, a post-Spanish colonial country that existed from 1819 to 1831. Its initial subdivisions, created in 1820, were revised and expanded in 1824 to ...

. It was divided into 4 provinces: *

Popayán Province Popayán Province was first a Spanish jurisdiction under the Royal Audience of Quito and the Royal Audience of Santafé, and after independence, was one of the provinces of the Cauca Department (Gran Colombia), later becoming the Republic of New ...

Buenaventura Province Buenaventura Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Cauca Department Cauca Department (, ) is a department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean t ...

* Chocó Province * Pasto Province Departments of Gran Colombia 1820s establishments in Gran Colombia {{Colombia-geo-stub