Valle del Cauca
Depairtment o Valle del Cauca Departamento del Valle del Cauca | |
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Valle del Cauca shown in red | |
| Coordinates: 3°25′N 76°31′W / 3.417°N 76.517°W | |
| Kintra | |
| Region | Andean Region/Paceefic Region |
| Established | 16 Aprile 1910 |
| Capital | Cali |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Francisco Lourido (List of political parties in Colombia) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22140 km2 (8,550 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 23 |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,060,196 |
| • Rank | 3 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-VAC |
| Municipalities | 42 |
| Website | www.valledelcauca.gov.co |
Valle del Cauca (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈbaʎe ðel ˈkauka], locally: [ˈbaʝe ðel ˈkauka]) is a depairtment o Colombie. It is in the wastren side o the kintra, facin the Paceefic Ocean, an it is considered ane o the maist important depairtments in the Republic of Colombia. Its caipital is Santiago de Cali. Gien its privilegit location, lately it haes been considered as the Paceefic Door o Colombie. Besides Cali sic ceeties as Buenaventura, Cartago an Tulua hae great economical, poleetical, social an cultural influence on the depairtment's life. Valle del Cauca haes the lairgest nummer o independent touns (i.e. no in Metropolitan auries) wi ower 100,000 indwallers in the kintra, coontin sax athin its borders.[2] Buenaventura haes the lairgest an busiest seaport in Colombie, muivin aboot 8,500,000 tons o merchandise.[3]
Admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | edit soorce]Municipalities
[eedit | edit soorce]- Alcalá
- Andalucía
- Ansermanuevo
- Argelia
- Bolívar
- Buenaventura
- Buga
- Bugalagrande
- Caicedonia
- Cali
- Calima
- Candelaria
- Cartago
- Dagua
- El Aguila
- El Cairo
- El Cerrito
- El Dovio
- Florida
- Ginebra
- Guacari
- Jamundí
- La Cumbre
- La Unión
- La Victoria
- Obando
- Palmira
- Pradera
- Restrepo
- Riofrio
- Roldanillo
- San Pedro
- Sevilla
- Toro
- Trujillo
- Tuluá
- Ulloa
- Versalles
- Vijes
- Yotoco
- Yumbo
- Zarzal
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Population Statistics by DANE[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Official census Book, pg 54 (Spanish)(+ 70 mb file)" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Juin 2008. Retrieved 3 Julie 2012.
- ↑ "Official Buenaventura's port statistics (Spanish)". Sprbun.com. Archived frae the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.