Cauca
Americannoun
noun
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The Cauca Valley is home to the country's sugar industry, and he is a local representative of Sintrainagro, Colombia's largest agricultural trade union.
From BBC • May 18, 2025
The battle occurred in the dense rainforests of Valle del Cauca, western Colombia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
“Currently, excavators in Bajo Cauca pump out almost 30 million cubic meters of earth and dump tonnes of mercury into the Cauca river,” Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said in the press conference.
From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023
Márquez’s activist roots lie here in La Toma, one of a number of predominantly Afro-Colombian townships in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2022
The department of Cauca is considered to be the richest of the republic in mineral deposits, but it is less conveniently situated for carrying on mining operations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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