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Cali - COLOMBIA
"The Sultana of the Valley"
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Cali, (officially, Santiago of Cali) are the capital of the Department of the Valley of the Cauca in Colombia and the second city more populated with the country. The metropolitan area of Cali is conformed by the municipalities of Candelaria, Jamundí, Palmira and Yumbo and is between the 150 majors conurbations of the planet.

Santiago of Cali was founded on 1536, and although she is one of the oldest cities of America, until the decade of 1930 only accelerated his development, until becoming one of the main economic and industrial centers of the country and main urban, cultural, economic, industrial and agrarian center of the Colombian south-west.

The city has a name composed to traditional of almost all the Spanish foundations in America.

Santiago (one of the spread names more in the continent, thanks to the devotions of Santiago de Compostela in Spain), makes honor to the Santiago Apostle.

The name of Cali is a complete mystery, but it can have several readings: can come from the language paez "Caly" (woven without needles) or possibly it makes reference to one of the American towns indian- americans or to the name that it gave to the region and a river to the south of the city, " Lili" (in paez, "humid"). Also one has thought that they were indigenous Mexican to the service of the conquerors who gave the name to Cali, of the Aztec " calli" (" house") or possibly it is an origin word quechua introduced by the Yanaconas Indians who were brought by the founder Sebastián de Belalcázar from Ecuador, interpretation endorsed by the existence of an indigenous population of name " Cali Cali" near Quito.

The most probable etymology is the paez, since several names of the Valley of the Cauca find their meaning in that language.

For one more a more complete information on diverse aspects of this city that as much love I have to him (because it is my city):), I leave the following link them:

Santiago Of Cali

In this taking stands out downtown, with its bridges and buildings, and was taken from floor 42 of already the traditional Tower of Cali.

In a friendly way, John