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Cali | |
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District and city | |
| Santiago de Cali | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: 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 | |
  Cali Location in Colombia  Cali Cali (South America) | |
| Coordinates: 3°25′14″N 76°31′20″W / 3.42056°N 76.52222°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Valle del Cauca |
| Foundation | 25 July 1536 |
| Founded by | Sebastián de Belalcázar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alejandro Eder |
| Area | |
| • District and city | 619 km2 (239 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,018 m (3,340 ft) |
| Population (2023 projection)[1] | |
| • District and city | 2,234,400 |
| • Rank | Ranked 3rd |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,838,333 |
| • Metro | 2,890,433 |
| Demonym | Caleño |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $45.9 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $15,900 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (COT) |
| Area code | +57 602 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by DANE in 2023.[3] The city spans 560.3 km2 (216.3 sq mi) with 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi) of urban area,[4] 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.[5][6][7] 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.[8] 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.
- ^ "Información capital 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "TelluBase—Colombia Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Cuántos habitantes tenía Cali, Valle del Cauca en 2023". Telencuestas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ CALI EN CIFRAS 2011– ALCALDÍA DE SANTIAGO DE CALI (DEPARTAMENTO ADMINISTRATIVO DE PLANEACIÓN)
- ^ "Metrocuadrado". Metrocuadrado. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ net, From (21 February 2005). "Cali: Capital Mundial de la Salsa o La Sucursal del Cielo". salsa.ch. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Cali ratificó ser la capital mundial de la salsa – HSB Noticias". hsbnoticias.com. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Barranquilla confirmed as host of 2027 Pan American Games". insidethegames.biz. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2021.