The Patía River ( Spanish : Río Patía ) is a river in southwestern Colombia . It flows over 400 kilometres (250 mi) to drain into the Pacific Ocean north of Tumaco . The Patía River is the longest river on the Colombian Pacific Coast. The last 90 kilometres (56 mi) is navigable by boat.
17-803: The Patía River begins in the Department of Cauca south of the city of Popayán near the town of Timbío . The source of the river begins in the gap between the West Andes and Central Andes very near the source of the Cauca River . The Patía river flows westward from the Central massif of Colombia, cuts through the Western Cordillera and drains into the Pacific Ocean . In its upper section it runs through cloud forests and montane forests. The central section of
34-521: A circle-based registration in Popayán and eight sectional offices based in Bolívar , Caloto , Puerto Tejada , Santander de Quilichao , Patia , Guapi and Silvia , makes up the judicial district of Popayán. This district possesses 8 judicial circuit seats in Popayán, Bolívar, Caloto, Guapi, Patia, Puerto Tejada, Santander de Quilichao and Silvia. The department makes up the constituency of Cauca. The relief of
51-567: A river in Colombia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cauca Department Cauca Department ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkawka] , Spanish : Departamento del Cauca ) is a department of Southwestern Colombia . Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to
68-509: Is one of the departments of Colombia . It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva . Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 (60.54%) live in urban areas and 442,955 (39.46%) in the rest of the Huilense territory. This amounts to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of it is settled in the Magdalena valley ,
85-527: The Pasto Massif and towards the north it diverges forming the Central and Eastern Andes. The Colombian Massif is a strategic national and international level, given its significance for water production, biodiversity and ecosystems, an area that represents a special conformation of the regions with more potential for development in Colombia. Cauca Department can be divided into the following hydrographic regions: Gorgonilla and Gorgona islands are located in
102-403: The Pacific Ocean and belong to Cauca Department. The Cauca economy is based primarily on agriculture and livestock production, forestry, fishing and trade. Agriculture has been developed and modernized in the northern department, with the main crops being sugar cane, cane panela, conventional maize, rice, corn tech, banana, agave, yucca, potatoes, coconut, sorghum, cocoa, groundnut, and palm. In
119-1802: The Pacific region is extracted gold, silver and platinum. Other non-precious minerals that are exploited are sulfur, asbestos, limestone, talc, gypsum and coal. The manufacturing industry is located in Popayán, Santander de Quilichao , Puerto Tejada with factories of food, beverages, dairy products, paper, packaging, wood processing , sugar industry and paper processing for export. The main centers of commercial activity are Popayán, Santander de Quilichao, Patia , Puerto Tejada, Piendamó and Corinto . [REDACTED] Amazonas [REDACTED] Antioquia [REDACTED] Arauca [REDACTED] Atlántico [REDACTED] Bolívar [REDACTED] Boyacá [REDACTED] Caldas [REDACTED] Caquetá [REDACTED] Casanare [REDACTED] Cauca [REDACTED] Cesar [REDACTED] Chocó [REDACTED] Córdoba [REDACTED] Cundinamarca [REDACTED] Guainía [REDACTED] Guaviare [REDACTED] Huila [REDACTED] La Guajira [REDACTED] Magdalena [REDACTED] Meta [REDACTED] Nariño [REDACTED] N. Santander [REDACTED] Putumayo [REDACTED] Quindío [REDACTED] Risaralda [REDACTED] San Andrés [REDACTED] Santander [REDACTED] Sucre [REDACTED] Tolima [REDACTED] Valle del Cauca [REDACTED] Vaupés [REDACTED] Vichada Capital district: [REDACTED] Bogotá Huila Department Huila ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwila] )
136-775: The Western and Central Cordilleras, is seen as a landmark within the plateau of the hill of La Tetilla. Among the most representative landmarks of the Colombian Massif, shared with the department of Huila , are the Páramo del Buey, the volcanoes of Cutanga and Puracé, the peak of Paletará, and the Sierra Nevada of Coconucos. Patia Valley, where the Patia River runs north–south and framed by the Central and Western mountain ranges, extends into Nariño Department . The Amazonian salient corresponds to
153-528: The country, mainly in the Andean and 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 the Amazonian region . The area makes up 2.56% of the country. Cauca Department is divided into 42 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and populated places. The municipalities are grouped into 27 circles and 29 notaries:
170-598: The highest percentage of non-ethnic affiliated population in the country. According to the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), Huila's surface area is 19,890 km², which is about 1.74% of the total surface area of Colombia. The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif . The Cordillera Oriental branches off from the Colombia Massif here. This is caused by the rise of
187-577: The landscape. The average population density in the department is 59.88 inhabitants / km , with the highest densities in Neiva (223.72), Pitalito (200.1) and Garzón (162.45), and with the lowest in the municipalities of Colombia and Villavieja (7.83 and 10.91 respectively). According to DANE , the racial composition of Huila is as follows: 98.43% recognize themselves as Whites and Mestizos , while only 1.57% as an ethnic population ( Amerindians and Afro / Mulattos ). This makes it one of departments with
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#1733086095053204-539: The main urban centers being Neiva and Garzón , due to the possibilities offered by commercial-type agricultural economy, oil production, access to basic public services and roads connected to the central road axis along the Magdalena . The rest of the population is located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata ; the North Subregion is undergoing a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to alterations of agricultural and oil activities on
221-405: 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 29,308 km (11,316 sq mi), the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán . The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of
238-707: The river flows through the Patía Valley dry forests ecoregion. The lower section to the west of the Western Cordillera flows through the Chocó jungles of the Pacific region. The Patía is fed by the Quilcacé, Guachicono, Mayo, Juanambú, Pasto and Guaitara rivers. An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz shows a mestizo or indigenous family on horseback herding cattle in a field near the Patía River. This article related to
255-611: The so-called Bota Caucana, through which flows the Japurá River . The Colombian Massif, also called the Nudo de Almaguer , is a mountainous section of Andean natural region formed by the convergence of two major mountain ranges, the Central and the Eastern cordilleras. The massif extends through the departments of Cauca, Huila , and Nariño . Towards the south, the Colombian Massif is continued by
272-447: The territory of the department of Cauca belongs to the Andean system at the macro level seven distinguishing morphological units: The Pacific Plate comprises two sectors, firstly the alluvial coastal belt or platform characterized by low, swampy, mangrove forest with many rivers estuaries subject to the ebb and flow of tides, the remainder is a plain or hills comprising the western slopes of
289-552: The western cordillera. The western cordillera in Cauca extends from southwest to northeast. Among the most important landmarks are the blade of Napí, the hills of Guaduas, Munchique, and Naya, and the Cauca River Valley. The central mountain range crosses the department from south to north; relevant landmarks include Sotará Colcano, Petacas Nevado del Huila , and the departmental boundary. The highlands of Popayán, sandwiched between
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