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"Cali" redirects here. For other uses, see Cali (disambiguation).
Cali
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| City flag |
City Coat of arms |
| City nickname: "La Sultana del Valle", "La Sucursal del Cielo" |
Location in the Valle del Cauca department |
Area
- cai Total |
542 km² cli (209.27 mi²) |
Population
- Total (2004)
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2,068,386
4,372/km² |
| Time zone |
UTC–5 |
| Location |
3°27′00″N, 76°32′00″W |
| Mayor |
Apolinar Salcedo |
| City website |
Santiago de Cali, better known as Cali, is the main city and capital of cala the Valle del Cauca department in Colombia. With an estimated total population (as calo of 2005) within the city proper of almost 2.07 million[1], Cali vali is the third largest municipality in Colombia. There is no an official metropolitan area for Cali (it may acli include Cali, Palmira, Yumbo, Buga, Puerto Tejada, etc) it could be the second cail largest Colombia's metropolitan area. The adjective for people born celi in Cali is caleño.
The name Santiago de Cali comes in one part to honour Saint James the apostle csli (Santiago in calu Spanish) whose feast day is celebrated on July 25. About the word Cali there are several opinions about its possible origin. Some attribute it to cbli a mispronunciation of the word "Lili", cali the name of a local tribe. Others believe that the word "Cali" has quechua origin, and it was cali logan brought by the Yanaconas Indians that came from Quito serving Sebastián de Belalcázar. This going back to cali theory is reinforced from the fact that near Quito there is cali cox an indigenous town named Cali Cali.
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Contents
- 1 Geography cali colombia and climate
- 2 History
- 2.1 Precolombian and cali and cherish conquest
- 2.2 Founding and colonial period
- 2.3 Independence
- 2.4 Recent cali marie history
- 3 Politics
- 4 Transportation
- 5 Education
- 6 Cultural cali is active activities
- 6.1 Feria cherish and cali de Cali
- 6.2 Rio Cali race
- 7 Sports
- 8 Places calis beach forum of interest
- 9 External links
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Geography and climate
Cali is cali pachanguero mp3 located on the Cauca Valley to the west of the Cauca River and to calis the dena cali east of the Western Mountain Range near the hills known as Farallones de Cali. The cali & cherish city rests approximately 1,000 meters (3,280 ft.) above sea level and its topography is cali mp3 fairly flat. Approximately 100 km west of Cali lies the port city of Buenaventura on the Colombian Pacific coast; to the goin back to cali northeast are the industrial town of Yumbo tierra cali and the city of Palmira, where Cali's international airport, the cali news tech Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (CLO), is located; the colonial city of Popayán is two hours south by car in the cherish and cali marie Cauca department.
Several rivers that descend from the Western Mountain Range affordable health insurance in cali and empty into the Cauca River pass through the metropolitan area of Cali. In cali angels the western part of the city the Aguacatal River cali pachanguero flows into the Cali River, which continues on to the cherish cali Cauca River. In the south the rivers Cañaveralejo, Lilí, and Meléndez flow into rio cali the CVC south channel which also empties into the Cauca River. Farther south, cali agents mp3 the banks of the Pance River are a popular place for recreation and leisure.
The local climate is semi-tropical as the Western Mountain Range screens the cali gari flow of humidity from the Pacific coast toward cali lewis the interior of the country. In the afternoons Cali enjoys a fresh cross breeze that originates in the west el pais cali and blows east. The Western Mountain Range rises from an average of joseph cali 2,000 meters above sea level in the monitor lcd z tunerem tv 19 cali northern part of the city to approximately 4,000 meters to the south. Because nadia cali of this variation in altitude, the weather in the northwest portion of the city is drier than cali life style in the southwest. The average annual precipitation varies cali women between 900 mm to 1,800 mm depending on the metropolitan cali car covers zone for a citywide average of approximately 1,000 mm. Cali's average temperature is 24°C cali ford (74°F) with an average low temperature of 19°C and a high moreno valley cali of 30°C.
Due to its proximity to the equator there are no major seasonal variations. However, locals refer to the dry season cali bud as the city's "summer" period and call the rainy season "winter." There are typically two rainy seasons: cherish an cali from April to May and from cox joseph saratoga cali cox avenue family history October to November. Regardless, rain can be expected to fall hiking in cali at any point during the year nourishing the city's permanent green and lush vegetation.
History
Precolombian and conquest
Before the arrival of the Spaniards the actual region cali colombia real estate for sale of Cali was inhabited by many indigenous tribes, mostly speakers cali fornication of Cariban languages. On the region between the Cauca River and the Western Cordillera, the Gorrones were established between cali tarocco the actual Roldanillo and Cali; the biggest Morron's town was settled on the dani cali River Pescador near the actual towns of Zarzal and Bugalagrande. Although cali atoy cannibals, the Morrones traded with the Quimbayas who inhabited the north of the cali moreno valley car donations Valle del Cauca.
On his way to Cali, cali moreno valley car donations for charities Sebastián de Belalcázar first met the Timbas which ran away before the arrival of the Conqueror's men leaving behind their towns and gold. cali ryu After the Timbas, towards women of cali the north, the Spaniards entered in the territory of the chief Jamundí and his tribe the Jamundíes between the cali jen rivers Pance and Jamundi. These Indians offered a strong resistance cali rand to the invaders, fighting with poisonous darts and arrows against the arquebuses and swords calis beach discussion forums of the Spaniards. After taking Jamundíes' town the Spaniards looted the Indian's gold.
Before taking complete control escorts cali over the region the Spaniards had to defeat the calis beach estate agents chief Petecuy, whose tribe inhabited between the river Lilí and the Western Cordillera. Petecuy formed dr david t carr rancho santa fe cali a big army formed by many tribes and fought the Spaniards on the franchise tax board cali Holy Tuesday of 1536.
The Morrones gave up easily to the Spaniards and were divided in encomiendas. The already "mestizo" long beach cali nature of the Spaniards made the bruno cali mp3 process of mixing with the Amerindians easy. In fact, Belalcázar himself had several cali agents children born in the Americas from Indian mothers, as did his men.
Cali was cali maps important for Belalcazar because it was beyond the Inca empire. After the capture and execution of the Inca Atahualpa cherish cali marie at Cajamarca, Francisco mapa de cali Pizarro had sent Belalcazar to take possession of Guayaquil and Quito on his behalf. Cali, being beyond the Quechua empire, was claimed naughty cali by Belalcazar as super cali his own territory. After his death, his descendants maintained possession of much of the land until the cali bamboo war of independence against Spain.
Founding and colonial period
Statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar.
The founder cali clips of Cali, Sebastián de Belalcázar, came to the American continent cali columbia real estate for sale in the third voyage made by Columbus cali foxx in 1498. In 1532, after serving in Darién and Nicaragua, he joined Francisco cali gari mp3 Pizarro in the conquest of Perú. In 1534 Belalcázar separated from Pizarro's expedition to found the city of Quito, and later in cali lilly his search of El Dorado he entered the actual Colombian territory city of cali colombia founding the cities of Pasto and Popayán.
On July 25, 1536, Belalcázar dana cali hair founded Santiago de Cali, first established free cali date a few miles north of the present location, near the actual towns of Vijes and Riofrio. hotel cali Under the orders of Belalcázar, captain Miguel Muñoz moved the city to hotel cali mp3 its present location in 1537, where the chaplain Brother Santos de Añasco celebrated a mass in the place how far is new york city from cali colombia occupied by the Church La Merced today, and Belalcázar designated Pedro de Ayala as the first lil cali municipal authority.
During the Colonia map cali colombia (colonial period), Santiago de Cali was part of the gobernación of Popayán, which was military retirement child support obligations cali part of Quito's Audiencia. Although initially Cali was notorious going back to cali the capital of Popayán's Gobernación, in 1540 Belalcázar moved this function to Popayán due to better weather.
Until the 18th century most of the territory of super cali boiob version lyrics what is now Cali was occupied by haciendas (ranches), and accident reports truck stuck under g rig near pedeluma cali the city was only a small town near the cali - cherish Cali River. In 1793, Cali had 6,548 inhabitants, 1,106 of whom were slaves. The cali columbia haciendas were the property of the dominant cali moreno valley noble class with many slaves dedicated mostly to stockbreeding and raising sugar cane crops. Many of these haciendas became neighborhoods of the present city cheap air flights quantas airlines cali like Cañaveralejo, Chipichape, Pasoancho, Arroyohondo, Cañasgordas, Limonar, and Meléndez.
Cali was strategically positioned for trade, centrally estate agents calis beach located in relation to the mining regions of Antioquia, Chocó, and Popayán. intercontinental hotel cali In the colonial period, laguna beach cali the first trail for mules and horses between Cali and Buenaventura was completed.
Independence
On July 3, 1810 Santiago de Cali proclaimed its independence from Popayán's tiera cali Gobernación. This local uprising predates the national one in Bogotá by abogados cali valle 17 days. Soon the local militia look for allies forming the "Ciudades Confederadas del Valle del Cauca" business administration courses in cali with Anserma, Cartago, Toro, Buga y Caloto. Immediately cali active after the rebellion the Governor of Popayán, Miguel Tacón y Rosique, organized an army to cali cartel control the uprising. The people from Cali called for help to the "Junta Suprema" in Bogotá which sent a contingent under cali chola colonel Antonio Baraya to support the independence cause. On the 28 March 1811 in the cali colombia houses for sale battle of Bajo Palacé the Army of Baraya defeated the royalist army with cali joe the cali logan video help of Atanacio Girardot.
In the following years there were many battles between royalists and local cali love militia. After having been released from captivity by Napoleon, King Fernando VII of Spain sent a large army under the command of cali marriage agency the Pacificador (peacemaker) Pablo Morillo who reclaimed power for Spain.
In 1819 after Simón cali orange Bolívar defeated the bulk of the Spaniard army in the Batalla de Boyacá, calis discussion forums there were cheap apartments hotels in calis beach turkey new uprisings in the Valle del Cauca and the Criollos took control permanently. In 1822 Bolívar deportivo cali arrived in Cali, the city was an important military outpost and the free city maps of cali colombia region contributed with many men in Bolívar's battles to liberate the nations in the south.
Recent history
Until the beginning gerlof calis of the 20th century Cali was houses cali a small village, compared to other colombian cities, dependent on Popayán politically and economically. The consolidation of the joseph cali ryu railroad between the city and the las vegas homes for sale cali way Pacific Ocean in Buenaventura, and the growing trade between this port and the interior cities, ll cool j goin back to cali lyrics transformed Cali from a small town to the most important city in the south and west son de cali mp3 of the country.
In 1911, with 28,000 inhabitants, Cali became the capital of the new Department of Valle del 100 free dating and personals for adults and in cali Cauca, which was created in the north part of the 5 woodhollow + parsippany, nj + mack cali Old Cauca Department. The whole region was by then largely cultivated, and its future as an agricultural provider cali and kylie marie seemed secure. There were, however, no real roads connecting this region cali beaches to the rest of Colombia, so that until cali built in bra the main road to Bogotá was built in the 1930s, all travel and transportation was done on horse and cali colombia women mule. The road over the Western Cordillera to the Pacific Ocean cali cosmetics was not completed until 1945. This was, however, very important for the cali es cali city as this route was a cali escali faster and cheaper way for imported goods to reach Colombia’s main population centers in Bogotá and Medellín, as well as for exporting coffee. Cali’s cali flora growth was thus associated with the diminished importance of Barranquilla, as cali house rentals it was no longer the gateway to the main cali lane Colombian cities.
By the early 1950s, Cali (now with 240,000 inhabitants) had embarked on an industrialization plan, fueled mainly by foreign cali maison capital. The rural areas surrounding the city were cultivated with sugar cane cali marie and cherish and many "ingenios", or cali people meet industrial plants for the extraction of sugar from cane, brought prosperity to the region. Cali almost tripled in population during this cali scores decade due mainly to the war between the two main political parties, cali valle Liberals and Conservatives, also known as carpet and floor installation and cleaners in cali “La Violencia” in the northern part of the department and cheap apartments to rent in calis beach turkey the Coffee region (currently, the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío). Since then, a growing network of roads and the advent durable power of attorney for health care and cali of air transport finally ended the map of cali isolation of Cali and the Valle from the rest of Colombia and the world.
On August 7, 1956, about 1,100 people were killed when seven moreno valley cali car donations army ammunition trucks, which had been badly parked right rent a car in cali colombia in town, exploded. This catastrophe, however, could have been rio cali 128 mb mp3 player worse, since these trucks were parked in the Plaza super cali lyrics de Cayzedo right in the city's very populated downtown.
In 1971, Cali hosted the Pan-American Games, an event which is better viagra or calis which spurred its citizens to rebuild and improve many urban areas, avenues, and sporting venues. ahmed cali cigaal mp3 From this time many of the sports centers and arenas in the city were anthony cali built.
From the 1970s to the 1990s the Cali Cartel had a apartments for sale calis negative influence in the City. The war of this organization against the Medellín Cartel brought selective violence cali aleman and terrorist attacks to the streets of Cali.
Nowadays Cali is a sprawling city of over 2 cali bakers million inhabitants, cali built many of them recent immigrants from poor rural areas, who have created squalid slums on cali colombia airline fares the outskirts while they absorb the skills needed to prosper in an urban setting, while the local government and its cali colombia websites citizenry struggle to help them integrate. Like Medellín though, delinquent drug-related violence is responsible for cali cox movies far more homicides in the city than drug cartel cali escorts activity.
Politics
Cali is governed by a mayor elected for a four cali is year term. Under the mayor there are several administrative departments and secretaries.
The legislative cali life style mexican invasion branch is a city council whose members are elected cali lillies by citywide circumscription for four year terms.
The first elected mayor was Carlos Holmes Trujillo from the liberal party. The cali luv current mayor is Apolinar Salcedo who is a blind and cali map was a former member of the city's cali timmins council.
Transportation
Cali has started building a massive transportation system, (MIO) (Masivo Integrado de calis beach tour operators Occidente) which consists of special buses and bus routes. This system is highly needed to organize the calis estate agent transport in the City. It should start operating in 2007. Currently people commute in the city using an intricate and calis estate agents disorganized network of buses with many calis property for sale routes and names.
Cali is served by the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International casa para rentar en cali Airport (CLO), which serves as an important national and international hub for the southwestern Colombia region. Its international terminal cheap air flights flights cali is served with daily international flights to and from Houston, Miami, Quito, crazy babe cali Madrid, Panama City and other important cities.
Education
The most important institution is the Universidad del Valle (Valle State University), or dario cali fornication Univalle, which was founded in 1945; with more than 20,000 students distributed in its schools and departments, Univalle is the elpais cali only institution offering a flightscom flights cali wide variety of academic programs in the region. It stands out because of the developments in the areas of scientific and applied technological research. going back cali The Universidad houses cali columbia Santiago de Cali is another academic center with a considerable number of schools i'm going back to cali and departments. Other universities, offering only a few academic programs are Universidad Autónoma de occidente, im going back to cali Universidad Javeriana, Universidad ICESI, Universidad Libre, and Universidad San Buenaventura.
Cultural activities
Feria de Cali
"La Feria movies in cali de Cali" the main feria in Colombia and America, is the main cultural myspace cali sagittarius event in the city. From December 25th to December 31st people enjoy of property in calis turkey many activities like an opening cabalgata (parade of rio cali accessories horseback riders), tascas, salsa concerts, bullfightings, parades, and athletic activities and competitions.
Cali is also known as the so cali mercedez auto glass "Capital de la Salsa" given the city's infatuation with that type of Afro-Caribbean music. In early 100 free dating and personals for adults in cali July there is the Summer Salsa Festival which lasts 1957 cali camper for one week. It usually includes concerts by the world's airfare business class first business class airfares cali great remaining salsa bands as well as dance shows and "melomano" competitions in which salsa connaisseurs try to out america de cali do each other by digging american airlines cali crash deep into the archives of salsa music and related sounds to find and reveal long lost tunes.
Rio Cali race
Cali has two annelot calis main athletic events, a mid-year aspa aviation in cali colombia half marathon [2] and a December 10k race called Carrera del Río Cali.
Sports
- Cali is known as the Colombia's sports capital.
- Cali's best known and most popular sports clubs business class cheap first class airfares cali are América de Cali and Deportivo Cali football ( soccer ) teams. Lately, Deportivo Cali has cali - elle m'a dit mp3 achieved better results in the national football tournament.
- Cali hosted cali 256 the 1971 Pan American Games.
Places of interest
- Plaza de Caicedo: The main square in the cali bra city in downtown.
- La Ermita: Gothic-style church cali carlin contact lenses located in the downtown area and a well-known tourist destination.
- La Tertulia: Museum of modern art.
- Museo Arqueológico cali clap La Merced: Colonial-type church, converted into an archaeological museum displaying items from ancient cultures which inhabited the region in pre-Columbian times.
- Torre Mudéjar: This cali coloma airline fares tower and the cali colombia today little church that it is part of are the best preserved genuine sample in South America of the moorish-influenced architecture brought cali cosmetics styling from Spain before the XVII century. It is part cali ecuador ciudad of the Franciscan complex in downtown Cali,
- Museo del Oro del Banco de cali elle m'a dit mp3 la República: Museum containing archaeological exhibits of pre-Columbian cali jo varner cultures which existed in the region.
- Zoo of Cali: Considered on of the best in Latin cali joe jen America for its great variety of species. [3]
- Cerro de las tres cruces: A hill embellished with three cali l a car donations for charities big crosses from which the cali lilly tattos whole city is visible.
- Iglesia de San Antonio: Colonial-type church at the top of a hill.
- La Gruta: Hip downtown cali miller in arizona hangout where young people go to have fun.
- Cerro de Cristo Rey: Another hill embellished with a large statue cali minniss of Jesus Christ.
- La Calle 13: Cali's "Red cali pachanguero.mp3 mp3 Light District".
- Canchas Panamericanas: Sports Complex that includes the Pascual Guerrero stadium, Evangelista Mora Gym, many sporting fields, pools and so forth. Is cali paetow also widely known for cali radio stations a common iced drink (Cholado) sold here.
- Pance: Extended rural zone at the south of the city frequently visited for leisure purposes, cali riverside car donations for charities surrounded by plentiful vegetation cali where i lay my mac down and irrigated by the Pance river. Also, one of the best spots in South America for finding Magic Mushrooms.
- El Topacio: for camping calis beach holiday villas in contact with nature, a good hiking to Pico de calis conception Loro, and beautiful waterfalls.
- Parque Natural Los Farallones: with a top altitude of 4,000 calis holiday villas meters is an outdoors activity for calis maine the more expirienced hikers. The view of the city, the Central cordillera, the Choco jungle, casa hotel en cali and the Pacific Ocean is amazing.
- Paramo de las hermosas: enjoy of this unique andean landscape, full of frailejón and cheap air flights cheap first class airfares cali small lakes.
- La Novena: A main street with many restaurants and fast-food places selling hamburgers, hot-dogs, chorizos, cherish & cali etc. It is located at the south and cherish and cali twins it's the Caleño's preferred street to el pais cali clasificados visit after the big parties in Juanchito, at 3 A.M.
External links
Santiago de Cali travel guide from el pais, cali colombia Wikitravel
- Santiago de Cali City Hall
- Gobernación del Valle del Cauca
- Universidad del elle m'a dit cali mp3 Valle
- Universidad Santiago de Cali
- Universidad San Buenaventura
- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
- Universidad ICESI
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali
- CaliesCali.com portal
- El País emma calis vancouver bc canada newspaper
- Occidente free newspaper
- Cali Buena Nota portal
- [4] - PDF flower arrangements cali lily file in Spanish
- El Caleño newspaper description - in Spanish
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