List of Municipios in the Departamento del Cauca
The Departamento del Cauca consists of 42 Municipios . These are subdivided into a community center ( Cabecera Municipal ) and the surrounding area ( Resto Rural ). The surrounding area is further subdivided into so-called police inspections ( Inspecciones de Policía Municipal ), smaller offices ( Corregimientos ), settlement centers ( Centros Poblados ) and homesteads ( Caseríos ). The following lists the Municipios with their total number of inhabitants from the census of the Colombian statistical office DANE from 2005, extrapolated for the year 2018.
| Municipio | Population 2018 |
|---|---|
| Almaguer | 21,351 |
| Argelia | 27,454 |
| Balboa | 26,210 |
| Bolívar | 44,836 |
| Buenos Aires | 34,037 |
| Cajibío | 38,428 |
| Caldono | 33,910 |
| Caloto | 17,736 |
| Corinto | 33,107 |
| El Tambo | 47,958 |
| Florencia | 6,175 |
| Guachené | 19,920 |
| Guapi | 29,931 |
| Inzá | 32,150 |
| Jambaló | 18,663 |
| La Sierra | 10,576 |
| La Vega | 47.007 |
| López de Micay | 20,721 |
| Mercaderes | 18.198 |
| Miranda | 41,925 |
| Morales | 26,535 |
| Padilla | 7,744 |
| Páez | 36,254 |
| Patía | 37.209 |
| Piamonte | 7,437 |
| Piendamó | 45,355 |
| Popayan | 284,737 |
| Puerto Tejada | 46,088 |
| Puracé | 15,275 |
| Rosas | 13,542 |
| San Sebastian | 14,314 |
| Santander de Quilichao | 97.965 |
| Santa Rosa | 10,780 |
| Silvia | 32,588 |
| Sotará | 17,416 |
| Suarez | 18,485 |
| Sucre | 8,880 |
| Timbío | 35,160 |
| Timbiquí | 21,969 |
| Toribío | 30.110 |
| Totoró | 21,016 |
| Villa Rica | 16,781 |