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<span>Government</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Administrative divisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Municipalities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipalities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Municipalities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipalities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7" title="إدارة فالي ديل كاوكا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إدارة فالي ديل كاوكا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valye_Del_Kauka" title="Valye Del Kauka – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Valye Del Kauka" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Вале дел Каука – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Вале дел Каука" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_del_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Departamento del Valle del Cauca – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Departamento del Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemento_Valo_de_Ka%C5%ADko" title="Departemento Valo de Kaŭko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Departemento Valo de Kaŭko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_(departamendua)" title="Valle del Cauca (departamendua) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Valle del Cauca (departamendua)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="بخش بایه دل کائوکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش بایه دل کائوکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_(Roinn)" title="Valle del Cauca (Roinn) – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Valle del Cauca (Roinn)" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%98%88%EB%8D%B8%EC%B9%B4%EC%9A%B0%EC%B9%B4%EC%A3%BC" title="바예델카우카주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바예델카우카주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_ti_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Departamento ti Valle del Cauca – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Departamento ti Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemen_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Departemen Valle del Cauca – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Departemen Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%C3%A6" title="Валье-дель-Каукæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Валье-дель-Каукæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartimento_di_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Dipartimento di Valle del Cauca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dipartimento di Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94" title="ואיה דל קאוקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ואיה דל קאוקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%94-%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ვალიე-დელ-კაუკის დეპარტამენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვალიე-დელ-კაუკის დეპარტამენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/KolombiaValleDelCaucaWinka" title="KolombiaValleDelCaucaWinka – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="KolombiaValleDelCaucaWinka" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaukos_Sl%C4%97nio_departamentas" title="Kaukos Slėnio departamentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kaukos Slėnio departamentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_megye" title="Valle del Cauca megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Valle del Cauca megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentan%27i_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Departamentan'i Valle del Cauca – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Departamentan'i Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentadbiran_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Pentadbiran Valle del Cauca – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" 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href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_suyu" title="Valle del Cauca suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Valle del Cauca suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Валье-дель-Каука – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Валье-дель-Каука" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca" title="Valle del Cauca – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Valle del Cauca" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2" title="จังหวัดบาเยเดลเกากา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดบาเยเดลเกากา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%94-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Вальє-дель-Каука – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вальє-дель-Каука" data-language-autonym="Українська" 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jünain Kaau'kaa – Wayuu" lang="guc" hreflang="guc" data-title="Wayee jünain Kaau'kaa" data-language-autonym="Wayuunaiki" data-language-local-name="Wayuu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wayuunaiki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_(departamento)" title="Valle del Cauca (departamento) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Valle del Cauca (departamento)" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%83%E5%8D%A1%E6%B2%B3%E8%B0%B7%E7%9C%81" title="考卡河谷省 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="考卡河谷省" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a 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<div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Department of Valle del Cauca"><img alt="Flag of Department of Valle del Cauca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/100px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/150px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/200px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Flag of Valle del Cauca Department">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Department of Valle del Cauca"><img alt="Coat of arms of Department of Valle del Cauca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/100px-Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/150px-Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/200px-Escudo_del_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="624" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: <i>Himno al Valle del Cauca</i><div 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del Cauca shown in red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg/250px-Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg/375px-Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg/500px-Valle_del_Cauca_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1420" data-file-height="1896" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Valle del Cauca shown in red</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Topography of the department"><img alt="Topography of the department" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png/250px-Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png/375px-Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png/500px-Valle_del_Cauca_Topographic_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="1436" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Topography of the department</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Regions_of_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Colombia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andean_Region_(Colombia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andean Region (Colombia)">Andean Region</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Region_(Colombia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Region (Colombia)">Pacific Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Colombia">Established</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 April 1910</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Cali" class="mw-redirect" title="Santiago de Cali">Santiago de Cali</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_the_Department_of_Valle_del_Cauca" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of the Department of Valle del Cauca">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clara_Luz_Rold%C3%A1n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clara Luz Roldán (page does not exist)">Clara Luz Roldán</a> (2020-2023) (<a href="/wiki/Social_Party_of_National_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Party of National Unity">Social Party of National Unity</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,140 km<sup>2</sup> (8,550 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_Departments_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Colombian Departments by area">23</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,475,886</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_Departments_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Colombian Departments by population">3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">200/km<sup>2</sup> (520/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colombian_peso" title="Colombian peso">COP</a> 139,863 billion<br />(<a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 32.9 billion)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CO" title="ISO 3166-2:CO">CO-VAC</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Colombia" title="Municipalities of Colombia">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">42</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.782<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0c0">high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_departments_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index">2nd of 33</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.valledelcauca.gov.co/">www.valledelcauca.gov.co</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Valle del Cauca</b>, or <b>Cauca Valley</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈbaʎe<span class="wrap"> </span>ðel<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkawka]</a></span>), is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">department</a> in western <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> abutting the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Cali" title="Cali">Santiago de Cali</a>. Other cities such as <a href="/wiki/Buenaventura,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca">Buenaventura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buga,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Buga, Valle del Cauca">Buga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cartago,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Cartago, Valle del Cauca">Cartago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmira,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Palmira, Valle del Cauca">Palmira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulu%C3%A1" title="Tuluá">Tuluá</a> have great economical, political, social and cultural influence on the department's life. Valle del Cauca has the largest number of independent (i.e., nonmetropolitan) towns with over 100,000 inhabitants in the country, counting six within its borders.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated54_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buenaventura has the largest and busiest seaport in Colombia, moving about 8,500,000 tons of merchandise annually.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Special:EditPage/Valle del Cauca Department">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The department of Valle del Cauca is located in the western part of the country, between 3° 5′ N and 5° 1′ N latitude and 75° 42′ W and 77° 33′ W longitude. It borders the departments of <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quind%C3%ADo_Department" title="Quindío Department">Quindío</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">Cauca</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Tolima_Department" title="Tolima Department">Tolima</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_Department" title="Chocó Department">Chocó</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the west. The valley is geographically bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Cordillera Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Occidental_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Occidental (Colombia)">Occidental</a> and is watered by numerous rivers that empty into the <a href="/wiki/Cauca_River" title="Cauca River">Cauca River</a>. The department is divided into four zones: the Pacific Fringe, which is humid and mostly jungle; the western mountain range, also humid and full of jungle, heavily <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforested</a> because of the paper industry; the Andean valley of the Cauca River, whose surrounding lands are the most fertile in the country; and the western ridge of the Cordillera Central. Valle del Cauca also administers <a href="/wiki/Malpelo_Island" title="Malpelo Island">Malpelo Island</a> in the Pacific. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Special:EditPage/Valle del Cauca Department">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hunter-gatherer_societies">Hunter-gatherer societies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hunter-gatherer societies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Palynology" title="Palynology">Palynological</a> analyses performed by experts have determined that during the Superior <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> some 40,000–10,500 years ago, the valleys of El Dorado and Alto Calima had Andean forests and sub-Andean vegetation. The discovery of projectiles indicated that there were communities of <a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">hunter-gatherers</a> at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a>. The extinction of the Pleistocenic megafauna in the beginning of the Holocene forced humans to adapt to their new environment, becoming hunter-gatherers. In the lower basin of the <a href="/wiki/Calima_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Calima River">Calima River</a> (Sauzalito River, El Recreo River, and El Pital River), archaeologists found the oldest traces of hunter-gatherers who inhabited the Valley of the <a href="/wiki/Cauca_River" title="Cauca River">Cauca River</a>. According to these, in 5000 BC these societies already had some level of primitive agriculture and cultivated <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>. There is little information about the years between 3000 and 1500 BC. </p> <div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-clear-right"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg/175px-Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg/263px-Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg/350px-Valle_culturas_ilama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="832" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ilama_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilama culture">Ilama culture</a> location (c. 1500–1 BC)</figcaption></figure> </div><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg/175px-Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg/263px-Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg/350px-Valle_culturas_yotoco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="895" data-file-height="832" /></a><figcaption>Location of the <a href="/wiki/Yotoco_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Yotoco culture">Yotoco culture</a> (c. 1–1200 AD)</figcaption></figure> </div><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tardio_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Tardio_1.jpg/175px-Tardio_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Tardio_1.jpg/263px-Tardio_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Tardio_1.jpg/350px-Tardio_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="832" /></a><figcaption>Late Period I cultures (c. 600–1300)</figcaption></figure> </div><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tardio_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tardio_2.jpg/175px-Tardio_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tardio_2.jpg/263px-Tardio_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tardio_2.jpg/350px-Tardio_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="833" /></a><figcaption>Late Period II cultures (c. 1400–1600)</figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ancient_agricultural–pottery_societies_(1500_BC_–_600_AD)"><span id="Ancient_agricultural.E2.80.93pottery_societies_.281500_BC_.E2.80.93_600_AD.29"></span>Ancient agricultural–pottery societies (1500 BC – 600 AD)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ancient agricultural–pottery societies (1500 BC – 600 AD)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1500 BC the first agricultural–pottery society, the <a href="/wiki/Calima_culture#Ilama_culture" title="Calima culture">Ilama culture</a>, appeared, extending along the <a href="/wiki/Calima_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Calima River">Calima River</a> (in what is now the towns of <a href="/wiki/Restrepo,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Restrepo, Valle del Cauca">Restrepo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calima,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Calima, Valle del Cauca">Darién</a>). Its society had a social structure of <i>cacicazgos</i> ("chiefdoms") that prevailed until the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">arrival of the Spaniards</a>. The Ilama economy was based on migratory agriculture using <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">yuca</a>, and beans; hunting; fishing; textile manufacturing; and metallurgy. The chief or <i>cacique</i> was the head of the settlement and had <i>chamanes</i> ("spiritual leaders"), warriors, farmers, hunters, pottery men, and goldsmiths. By 100 AD, the Ilama had developed into the <a href="/wiki/Calima_culture" title="Calima culture">Yotoco</a>, whom expanded the region of the Ilama further, down the Cauca River to the Pacific Ocean, and southward to the present-day region of <a href="/wiki/Cali" title="Cali">Santiago de Cali (Cali)</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Calima_culture" title="Calima culture">Yotoco</a> were a highly stratified society, headed by <i>caciques</i>, who managed several settlements. They existed in the region until around 1200 AD. A rising population forced them to develop effective agricultural systems to meet food demand, which improved pottery and metalworking techniques. Yotoco agriculture — based on maize, yuca, beans, <a href="/wiki/Arracacha" class="mw-redirect" title="Arracacha">arracacha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Achiote" class="mw-redirect" title="Achiote">achiote</a>, among other foods - was more diverse than that of the Ilama. The Yotoco experienced a decline beginning in the 6th century AD. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pre-Columbian_agricultural–pottery_societies_(600–1600)"><span id="Pre-Columbian_agricultural.E2.80.93pottery_societies_.28600.E2.80.931600.29"></span>Pre-Columbian agricultural–pottery societies (600–1600)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pre-Columbian agricultural–pottery societies (600–1600)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This archeological period is called the Late Period and is divided into Late Period I (6th to 13th centuries) and Late Period II (14th to 16th centuries). In Late Period I the Valle del Cauca region was inhabited by the early <a href="/wiki/Sonso_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonso culture">Sonso culture</a>, Bolo, Sachamate, and La Llanada. During Late Period II the region was inhabited by the late Sonso culture, Pichinde, Buga, and Quebrada Seca. Their development is attributed to population growth. Almost all the settlers in the area became subject to the rule of one main <i>cacique</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrival_of_the_Spanish_and_conquest">Arrival of the Spanish and conquest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Arrival of the Spanish and conquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first 67 Spanish explorers arrived in the area after founding the village of <a href="/wiki/Popay%C3%A1n" title="Popayán">Popayán</a>, in an expedition from <a href="/wiki/Quito" title="Quito">Quito</a> headed by <a href="/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_de_Belalc%C3%A1zar" title="Sebastián de Belalcázar">Sebastián de Belalcázar</a>. In the Valle del Cauca the explorers founded the village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Villa_de_Ampudia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Villa de Ampudia (page does not exist)">Villa de Ampudia</a>, named after one of them, <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Ampudia" title="Juan de Ampudia">Juan de Ampudia</a>. By orders of Belalcázar the village was then moved to the Riviera of the Cauca River, within the Gorrones indigenous people's territory. In 1536, a Captain Muñoz ordered the city to be moved to the Valley, where the Village of <a href="/wiki/Cali" title="Cali">Cali</a> was founded on 25 July of that same year. Another Spanish explorer, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Vadillo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juan de Vadillo (page does not exist)">Juan de Vadillo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Vadillo" class="extiw" title="es:Juan de Vadillo">es</a>]</span>, coming from the village of <a href="/wiki/Cartagena_de_Indias" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartagena de Indias">Cartagena de Indias</a>, entered Cali on 23 December 1538 with a second group of explorers, but he returned to Cartagena, leaving many of his men behind including <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Cieza_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Cieza de León">Pedro Cieza de León</a>. A third group of explorers, led by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Robledo_(conquistador)" title="Jorge Robledo (conquistador)">Jorge Robledo</a> under orders of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorenzo_de_Aldana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorenzo de Aldana (page does not exist)">Lorenzo de Aldana</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de_Aldana" class="extiw" title="es:Lorenzo de Aldana">es</a>]</span>, advanced to the North of the Valle del Cauca and founded the villages of <a href="/wiki/Anserma,_Caldas" title="Anserma, Caldas">Anserma</a> (now part of <a href="/wiki/Caldas_Department" title="Caldas Department">Caldas Department</a>; 15 August 1539), <a href="/wiki/Cartago,_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartago, Colombia">Cartago</a> (9 August 1540), and <a href="/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn" title="Medellín">Antioquia</a> (25 November 1541), and under command of <a href="/wiki/Pascual_de_Andagoya" title="Pascual de Andagoya">Pascual de Andagoya</a> who came from <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> to Cali with a fourth group of explorers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department_of_Valle_del_Cauca">Department of Valle del Cauca</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Department of Valle del Cauca"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Santiago_de_Cali" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Santiago de Cali">History of Santiago de Cali</a></div><p> The Department of Valle del Cauca was created by decree number 340 on April 16, 1910, which created 12 other departments in Colombia. The Valle del Cauca Department was a result of the union of four former departments: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cartago_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cartago Department (page does not exist)">Cartago</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Buga_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buga Department (page does not exist)">Buga</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cali_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cali Department (page does not exist)">Cali</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The government of Valle del Cauca is similar to the central <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Colombia" title="Government of Colombia">government of Colombia</a>, which has three branches of power: executive, legislative, and judicial, along with various <i>control agencies</i> with oversight capacity. The executive branch in Valle del Cauca is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Governor of Valle del Cauca Department">governor</a>, the legislative branch is represented by the <a href="/wiki/Department_Assembly_of_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca">department assembly</a> and its deputies, and the judicial branch is represented by four department-wide court systems: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superior_Tribunal_of_Cali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superior Tribunal of Cali (page does not exist)">Superior Tribunal of Cali</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Penal_Court_of_the_Circuit_of_Cali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Penal Court of the Circuit of Cali (page does not exist)">Penal Court of the Circuit of Cali</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_Tribunal_of_Valle_del_Cauca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Administrative Tribunal of Valle del Cauca (page does not exist)">Administrative Tribunal of Valle del Cauca</a>, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superior_Military_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superior Military Tribunal (page does not exist)">Superior Military Tribunal</a> for military cases. Valle del Cauca has 42 municipalities, each with a mayor, who is a popularly elected representative of the governor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Cauca">Buga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugalagrande" title="Bugalagrande">Bugalagrande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caicedonia" title="Caicedonia">Caicedonia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cali" title="Cali">Cali</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calima,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Calima, Valle del Cauca">Calima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candelaria,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Candelaria, Valle del Cauca">Candelaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartago,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Cartago, Valle del Cauca">Cartago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagua" title="Dagua">Dagua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_%C3%81guila,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="El Águila, Valle del Cauca">El Águila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Cairo" title="El Cairo">El Cairo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Cerrito,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca">El Cerrito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Dovio" title="El Dovio">El Dovio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Florida, Valle del Cauca">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginebra,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Ginebra, Valle del Cauca">Ginebra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guacar%C3%AD" title="Guacarí">Guacarí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamund%C3%AD" title="Jamundí">Jamundí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Cumbre,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca">La Cumbre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Uni%C3%B3n,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="La Unión, Valle del Cauca">La Unión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Victoria,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="La Victoria, Valle del Cauca">La Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obando,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Obando, Valle del Cauca">Obando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmira,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Palmira, Valle del Cauca">Palmira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradera" title="Pradera">Pradera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restrepo,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Restrepo, Valle del Cauca">Restrepo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riofr%C3%ADo,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Riofrío, Valle del Cauca">Riofrío</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roldanillo" title="Roldanillo">Roldanillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="San Pedro, Valle del Cauca">San Pedro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevilla,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Sevilla, Valle del Cauca">Sevilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toro,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Toro, Valle del Cauca">Toro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trujillo,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Trujillo, Valle del Cauca">Trujillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu%C3%A1" title="Tuluá">Tuluá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulloa,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Ulloa, Valle del Cauca">Ulloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Versalles" title="Versalles">Versalles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijes" title="Vijes">Vijes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yotoco" title="Yotoco">Yotoco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yumbo" title="Yumbo">Yumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarzal" title="Zarzal">Zarzal</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department's_agencies_and_institutions"><span id="Department.27s_agencies_and_institutions"></span>Department's agencies and institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Department's agencies and institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Valle" title="University of Valle">Universidad del Valle (University – Multiple Campuses)</a> : <b>Univalle</b> is one of the largest and most respected universities in Colombia. It is entirely funded by the government.</li> <li>Hospital Universitario (University Health Centre)] : The University Health Centre of Valle located in the heart of Cali is designated as a level 4 hospital, the highest level in the national ranking system.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its E.R and traumatology centres are ranked among the country's busiest and most well trained.</li> <li>Acuavalle (Department's water management and rural water supply Agency)</li> <li>Bellas Artes (Fine Arts School): Until the 80's it was Colombia's most admired Arts School. Due to funding reductions and other problems, its influence gradually disappeared.</li> <li>Beneficiencia del Valle (Department's Lottery): Currently, the biggest prize awarded is $1,200,000,000 COP (about US$500,000). In the Colombian system, regional lottery agencies run their own programs and prizes. Departments' budgets are largely funded by lottery agencies transfers.</li> <li>Infivalle (Department's financial agency)</li> <li>Indervalle (Department's sports Institution)</li> <li>Industria de Licores (Department's Liquor Company): Aguardiente Blanco del Valle is the main product made by the company.</li> <li>Telepacifico (Regional TV channel)</li> <li>Incolballet (School of Ballet of Colombia)</li> <li>Bibliovalle (Libraries Network) : The department runs a network of libraries in municipalities with no resources to run their own. The Central Department's library is located in Cali into the Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo Science Center.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Special:EditPage/Valle del Cauca Department">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Valle del Cauca has a diversified economy. Its valley contains <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>, cotton, <a href="/wiki/Soy" class="mw-redirect" title="Soy">soy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">sorghum</a> crops, and there are coffee crops in the mountains. The department is known for its sugar industry, which provides sugar to the markets of the rest of the country and nearby countries. The sugar is obtained from the large sugar cane plantations, which were introduced to the department by <a href="/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_de_Belalc%C3%A1zar" title="Sebastián de Belalcázar">Sebastián de Belalcázar</a>. The production by the city of Yumbo also stands out, where several companies are found, most prominently the paper and cement businesses. The port at <a href="/wiki/Buenaventura,_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Buenaventura, Colombia">Buenaventura</a> is Colombia's main port on the Pacific coast, allowing for the import and export of goods, and is of great importance for the economy of both the department and the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1973 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,186,801</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,027,247</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+38.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1993 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,736,090</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+23.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,161,425</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2018 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,475,886</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>More than 80% of the population lives in cities or towns. The coverage of public services is among the highest in the country, with electrical power and education standing out the most. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The capital of the department is <a href="/wiki/Cali" title="Cali">Santiago de Cali</a>, with approximately 2,800,000 inhabitants. It is made up of 42 municipalities, the most populous being, from north to south, <a href="/wiki/Cartago,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Cartago, Valle del Cauca">Cartago</a> (famous for its craftsmanship, embroidery, and the <i>Casa del Virrey</i>, "House of the Viceroy"), <a href="/wiki/Roldanillo" title="Roldanillo">Roldanillo</a> (location of the museum containing works by the artist Omar Rayo), <a href="/wiki/Tulu%C3%A1" title="Tuluá">Tuluá</a> (located in the center of the department), <a href="/wiki/Yumbo" title="Yumbo">Yumbo</a> (an industrial center with more than 2,000 industries), <a href="/wiki/Ginebra,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Ginebra, Valle del Cauca">Ginebra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmira,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Palmira, Valle del Cauca">Palmira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buga,_Valle_del_Cauca" title="Buga, Valle del Cauca">Buga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jamund%C3%AD" title="Jamundí">Jamundí</a>. </p><p>The population of nonmetropolitan towns with over 100,000 inhabitants is as follows (capital in italics):<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated54_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Town</b> </th> <th>Female </th> <th>Male </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Cali</b></i> </td> <td>1,270,850 </td> <td>1,129,713 </td> <td>2,400,563 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Buenaventura</b> </td> <td>167,972 </td> <td>156,235 </td> <td>324,207 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Buga</b> </td> <td>57,635 </td> <td>53,852 </td> <td>111,847 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Cartago</b> </td> <td>64,209 </td> <td>57,532 </td> <td>121,741 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Palmira</b> </td> <td>144,582 </td> <td>133,776 </td> <td>278,258 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tulua</b> </td> <td>95,922 </td> <td>87,314 </td> <td>183,236 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle_del_Cauca_Department&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cauca Valley was historically a place dedicated to cattle and agricultural activities. For this reason, the region has not developed an artistic and European-influenced architectural style, as the relative near city of <a href="/wiki/Popay%C3%A1n" title="Popayán">Popayán</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">department of Cauca</a>; instead, the department generates simple and pragmatic constructions, with a few exceptions. The material of the colonial constructions was basically of wood and bricks, with some use of stones.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg/20px-Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg/30px-Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg/40px-Flag_of_Atl%C3%A1ntico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department" title="Atlántico Department">Atlántico</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bol%C3%ADvar_(Colombia).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Bol%C3%ADvar_%28Colombia%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Bol%C3%ADvar_%28Colombia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg/20px-Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg/30px-Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg/40px-Flag_of_Guain%C3%ADa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Guain%C3%ADa_Department" title="Guainía Department">Guainía</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Guaviare.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Guaviare.svg/20px-Flag_of_Guaviare.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Guaviare.svg/30px-Flag_of_Guaviare.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Guaviare.svg/40px-Flag_of_Guaviare.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Guaviare_Department" title="Guaviare Department">Guaviare</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Huila.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Huila.svg/20px-Flag_of_Huila.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Huila.svg/30px-Flag_of_Huila.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Huila.svg/40px-Flag_of_Huila.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Huila_Department" title="Huila Department">Huila</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg/20px-Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg/30px-Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg/40px-Flag_of_La_Guajira.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Department" title="La Guajira Department">La Guajira</a> </p> </div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <div> <p><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Magdalena.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Magdalena.svg/20px-Flag_of_Magdalena.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Magdalena.svg/30px-Flag_of_Magdalena.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Magdalena.svg/40px-Flag_of_Magdalena.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Meta.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Meta.svg/20px-Flag_of_Meta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Meta.svg/30px-Flag_of_Meta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Meta.svg/40px-Flag_of_Meta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="1700" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Meta_Department" title="Meta Department">Meta</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg/20px-Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg/30px-Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg/40px-Flag_of_Nari%C3%B1o.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nari%C3%B1o_Department" title="Nariño Department">Nariño</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg/20px-Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg/30px-Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg/40px-Flag_of_Norte_de_Santander.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norte_de_Santander_Department" title="Norte de Santander Department">N. Santander</a></span><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Putumayo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Putumayo.svg/20px-Flag_of_Putumayo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Putumayo.svg/30px-Flag_of_Putumayo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Putumayo.svg/40px-Flag_of_Putumayo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Putumayo_Department" title="Putumayo Department">Putumayo</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg/20px-Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg/30px-Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg/40px-Flag_of_Quind%C3%ADo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Quind%C3%ADo_Department" title="Quindío Department">Quindío</a> </p> </div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <div> <p><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Risaralda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Risaralda.svg/20px-Flag_of_Risaralda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Risaralda.svg/30px-Flag_of_Risaralda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Risaralda.svg/40px-Flag_of_Risaralda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/30px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés</a></span><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg/20px-Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg/30px-Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg/40px-Flag_of_Santander_Department.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Santander_Department" title="Santander Department">Santander</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sucre_(Colombia).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sucre_%28Colombia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tolima.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Tolima.svg/20px-Flag_of_Tolima.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Tolima.svg/30px-Flag_of_Tolima.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Tolima.svg/40px-Flag_of_Tolima.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tolima_Department" title="Tolima Department">Tolima</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/20px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/30px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg/40px-Flag_of_Valle_del_Cauca.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Valle del Cauca</a></span><br /> </p> </div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <div> <p><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg/20px-Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg/40px-Flag_of_Vaup%C3%A9s.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vaup%C3%A9s_Department" title="Vaupés Department">Vaupés</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vichada.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Vichada.svg/20px-Flag_of_Vichada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Vichada.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vichada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Vichada.svg/40px-Flag_of_Vichada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vichada_Department" title="Vichada Department">Vichada</a><br /> <br /> Capital district:<br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg/20px-Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg/30px-Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg/40px-Flag_of_Bogot%C3%A1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1" title="Bogotá">Bogotá</a> </p> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Colombia_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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