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Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by DANE in 2023. [3]
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The city has a compound name in the fashion of almost all Spanish settlements in America. Santiago (one of the most popular names on the continent thanks to the devotion of Santiago de Compostela in Spain), lives up to the Apostle Santiago. Cali was founded 25 July, the day which marks the date of the Apostle Santiago, principal patron of Europe. S...
Santiago de Cali is one of the oldest cities in Colombia, and the Americas. Its foundation dates back to 1536 by the conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar (one of the indigenous genocide of the time), to just three years after the foundation of Cartagena de Indias (1533), two years before the foundation of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1538) and 26 years of t...
Geography
The city is located at coordinates ((coord | 3 | 27 | 00 | N | 76 | 32 | 00 | W)), in the department of Valle del Cauca. Geographically Cali is in the valley of the Cauca River, the second largest in the country. At the height of Cali this valley is 35 km wide and the urban area is on the west side of river. The western part of the city is guarded by the famous Farallones de Cali, which are part of the Cordillera Occidentalof the Colombian Andes. The municipality of Cali bordered to the north...
Climate
The climate is tropical savanna. The Western Cordillera blocks of moist air fronts from the Pacific Ocean although it is notable that the sea breeze comes to town. The Western Cordillera has 2,000 m average altitude in the north of the city and reached the 4,000 m in the south, this makes in the city the southwestern region that is more rainy than Northwest. The average annual precipitation ranges from 900 mmin the drier areas to 1,800 mm in wetter areas, with 1,000 mm average over most of th...
Natural Resourses
The location in the Cauca Valley, the climate and terrain, make the city an area of great natural wealth. The confluence of rivers and other water sources make the region a natural output of crops such as sugar cane and animal breeding. As for minerals, although Valle del Cauca is not a metal region, in the city of Cali there are several coal mines in formations called Guachinte and Ferreira, in the south and north of the urban area. In the northern part of the urban area, extending to Yumbo...
Universities
Cali have a great number's of Universities and Knowledge Centers, that make the city one of the principal centers of education in the country.
Santiago de Cali, es un distrito de Colombia y capital del departamento de Valle del Cauca. 2 Es la tercera ciudad más poblada y el tercer centro económico de Colombia. Está ubicada en la región Sur del Valle del Cauca.
Aug 18, 2024 · Cali, city, capital of Valle del Cauca departamento, western Colombia. It lies on both sides of the Cali River at an elevation of 3,327 feet (1,014 metres), in the subtropical intermontane Cauca Valley.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cali, Colombia. Prior to 20th century. 1536 – Cali founded by Spaniard Sebastián de Belalcázar. [1] 1747 – Capilla de San Antonio (Cali) [es] (church) built. 1802 – Metropolitan Cathedral of Cali [es] built. 1810. July 3: Cali declares independence from Spanish colonial rule.
May 21, 2018 · Cali is the third-largest city in Colombia, founded in 1536 and located at the southwestern end of the Cauca Valley. It has a diverse and dynamic history, from colonial times to the present, influenced by the Panama Canal, the slave trade, the cocaine trade, and migration.
Francesco Paolo Augusto " Frank " Cali[ a ] (/ ˈkɑːli /, Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈpaːolo auˈɡusto kaˈli]; March 26, 1965 – March 13, 2019), [ 1 ] also known as " Franky Boy ", was an American mobster and the acting boss of the Gambino crime family of New York City at the time of his death. [ 2 ] Law enforcement considered Cali to have ...
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