Santiago de Cali / Cali,
is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in
western Colombia with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE
population projections. The city spreads out across 560,3 km2 and 120,9 km2 of
urban area, surpassing Medellín (376.21 km² and 102.10 km² of urban
area) making Cali the second largest city in the country behind Bogotá. As the
only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific coast it is the principal
urban, cultural, and economic city in western Colombia, making the
