Place:Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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NameValle del Cauca
Alt namesVallesource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 576
TypeDepartment
Coordinates3.75°N 76.5°W
Located inColombia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bolívar
Buenaventura ( 1540 - )
Buga ( 1650 - )
Bugalagrande
Caicedonia
Cali ( 1536 - )
Cartago
Dagua
Darién
El Cerrito
Florida
Guacarí
Jamundí
Palmira ( 1688 - )
Pradera
Restrepo
Roldanillo
Sevilla
Trujillo
Tuluá ( 1500 - )
Yumbo
Zarzal
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley, is a department in western Colombia abutting the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Santiago de Cali. Other cities such as Buenaventura, Buga, Cartago, Palmira and Tuluá have great economical, political, social and cultural influence on the department's life. Valle del Cauca has the largest number of independent (i.e., nonmetropolitan) towns with over 100,000 inhabitants in the country, counting six within its borders. Buenaventura has the largest and busiest seaport in Colombia, moving about 8,500,000 tons of merchandise annually.

The anthem of Valle del Cauca Department is Salve Valle del Cauca, mi tierra ("Hail Valley of the Cauca, My Land").

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