Cali

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city municipality

Cali is a major city in southwestern Colombia known as an important economic center and the country’s capital of salsa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Santiago de Cali 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
coordinateLocation 3.4516°N 76.5320°W ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
countryCapital no ⓘ
dateOfFoundation 1536 ⓘ
demonym caleña ⓘ
caleño ⓘ
economicFunction commercial center ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ
service hub ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~1000 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Sebastián de Benalcázar ⓘ
surface form: Sebastián de Belalcázar
governingBody Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali ⓘ
hasAirport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport ⓘ
hasFootballClub América de Cali ⓘ
Deportivo Cali ⓘ
hasSportsFacility Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero ⓘ
hasUniversity Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali ⓘ
Universidad Icesi ⓘ
Universidad del Valle ⓘ
heritage Afro-Colombian cultural influence ⓘ
hostedEvent Pan American Games ⓘ
surface form: 1971 Pan American Games
isPartOf Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Andean region of Colombia

Pacific economic region of Colombia ⓘ
knownFor salsa dancing ⓘ
salsa music ⓘ
sugar industry in surrounding region ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
locatedIn Colombian Pacific region ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Colombia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Cauca River ⓘ
majorReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
nickname Capital of Salsa ⓘ
La Sucursal del Cielo ⓘ
officialName Cali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Santiago de Cali
officialWebsite https://www.cali.gov.co/ ⓘ
population >2,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ
populationRankInColombia third-largest city ⓘ
roadNetworkConnection Pan-American Highway ⓘ
shortName Cali self-link ⓘ
sports football (soccer) ⓘ
timeZone America/Bogota ⓘ
surface form: Colombia Standard Time

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombia → majorCity → Cali ⓘ
Cali → officialName → Cali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santiago de Cali
Cali → shortName → Cali self-link ⓘ