Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley, is a department of Western Colombia. It is on the western side of the country, abutting the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Santiago de Cali. Such other cities as Buenaventura, Buga, Valle del Cauca, Cartago, Palmira, Valle del Cauca and Tuluá have great economical, political, social and cultural influence on the department's life. Valle del Cauca has the largest number of independent towns with over 100,000 inhabitants in the country, counting six within its borders. Buenaventura has the largest and busiest seaport in Colombia, moving about 8,500,000 tons of merchandise annually.
Buenaventura is the Spanish version of Bonaventure. It may refer to:
Tuluá, is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital—Buenaventura and Palmira. Founded around 1741 by Juan de Lemos y Aguirre, it has a population of approximately 220,000. It is also known as the Corazón del Valle, as La Villa de Céspedes and Tierra Fácil.
Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city on the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Buenaventura is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean.
Marino Klinger Salazar was a Colombian footballer. He was a member of the Colombian national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.
San Cipriano is a small village located at 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level on the Pacific nearby the port of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.
The University of the Pacific, is a public, national, coeducational university based primarily in the city of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The university also has several satellite campuses across the Pacific Region in the cities of Guapi in the Cauca Department and Tumaco in the Nariño Department.
Yotoco is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
El Queremal is a town in the Dagua municipality, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. It is located about 47 km (29 mi) west of Cali and is at an elevation of 1,450 m (4,760 ft). The town is situated on the upper part of the Old Cali-Buenaventura Road and is about 99 km (62 mi) from Buenaventura, the main Colombian port on the Pacific. The town is accessible from Cali from several roads leading away from the main Cali-Buenaventura Road near the area of Kilometer 18, Valle del Cauca.
Pacífico F.C. was a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The club was founded in 2010 and played in Categoría Primera B. The club was formerly known as Girardot F.C. based in Girardot, which then moved to Palmira becoming Deportes Palmira but due to financial difficulties, the club relocated to Buenaventura and was rebranded as Pacífico F.C. The club only lasted less than two years after it was moved again and became Sucre F.C..
The Naya River is a river in Colombia that flows into the Pacific Ocean.
The Naya-Micay Fault is a dextral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 158.2 kilometres (98.3 mi) and runs along an average northeast to southwest strike of 034.1 ± 12 in the Tumaco Basin along the Pacific Coast of Colombia.
San Antonio is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia. It is surrounded by a very dense tropical rainforest.
Ladrilleros is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia. The Juanchaco Airport serves both Ladrilleros and the nearby village of Juanchaco.
Juanchaco is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia. The Juanchaco Airport serves both Juanchaco and the nearby village of Ladrilleros.
Bajo Calima is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia.
Puerto Merizalde is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia.
San Francisco de Naya is a village in Buenaventura municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia.
El Tigre is a village in Buenaventura Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia.
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