Valle del Cauca

Depairtment o Valle del Cauca
Depairtment o Valle del Cauca; Departamento del Valle del Cauca
	Depairtment
	Valle del Cauca shown in red
	Coordinates: 3°25′N 76°31′W / 3.417°N 76.517°W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Andean Region/Paceefic Region
Established	16 Aprile 1910
Capital	Cali
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Francisco Lourido (List of political parties in Colombia)
Area
• Total	22140 km2 (8,550 sq mi)
Area rank	23
Population (2005)
• Total	4,060,196
• Rank	3
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-VAC
Municipalities	42
Website	www.valledelcauca.gov.co

Valle del Cauca (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈbaʎe ðel ˈkauka], locally: [ˈbaʝe ðel ˈkauka]) is a depairtment o Colombie. It is in the wastren side o the kintra, facin the Paceefic Ocean, an it is considered ane o the maist important depairtments in the Republic of Colombia. Its caipital is Santiago de Cali. Gien its privilegit location, lately it haes been considered as the Paceefic Door o Colombie. Besides Cali sic ceeties as Buenaventura, Cartago an Tulua hae great economical, poleetical, social an cultural influence on the depairtment's life. Valle del Cauca haes the lairgest nummer o independent touns (i.e. no in Metropolitan auries) wi ower 100,000 indwallers in the kintra, coontin sax athin its borders.^[2] Buenaventura haes the lairgest an busiest seaport in Colombie, muivin aboot 8,500,000 tons o merchandise.^[3]