Cali
Cali, officially Santiago de
Cali, is the capital of Valle del Cauca and the third most populous city in
Colombia. It has an area of 564 km² and a length of 17 km from
north to south and 12 km from east to west. The city is part of Metropolitan
Santiago de Cali, along with neighboring municipalities to ésta.5 It was
founded on July 25, 1536 by Sebastián de Belalcázar, which makes it one of the
oldest cities in America.
It is also the main sports
center in Colombia. It was the only Colombian city to host the Pan American Games,
seven World Track Cycling Stops the World Figure Skating Championships and the
ninth edition of the World Games, being the first Latin American city to be
hosting this event.
He has been named by the best
singers of Salsa in the world as "The World Capital of Salsa" because
despite being of Cuban, or Puerto Rico, is in Cali where it has become more
popular.
Santiago de Cali is one of the
oldest cities in Colombia and the Americas. Its foundation dates back to 1536
hands conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar just three years after the
foundation of Cartagena de Indias (1533), two years before the founding of
Santa Fe de Bogota (1538), eleven years of Santa Marta (1525) and 26 years
after the founding of the first Hispanic population on the continent: Santa
María la Antigua del Darién (1510), disappeared.
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