La capital mundial de la salsa (The Salsa capital of the world) Capital de la felicidad (Capital of Happiness) Capital deportiva de Colombia (Sports Capital of Colombia) Sucursal del cielo (Branch of heaven) La sultana del Valle (The Sultana of the Valley)
Location of the municipality and city of Cali in the Valle del Cauca Department
Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation:[sanˈtjaɣoðeˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census.[1] The city spans 560.3 km2 (216.3 sq mi) with 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi) of urban area,[3] making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous after Bogotá and Medellín. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies.[4][5][6] The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar.
As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games.[7] Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.
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