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KNOWLEDGE OF Cali
Santiago de Cali, better known as Cali, is the main city and capital of the Valle del Cauca department in Colombia. With an estimated total population (as of 2004) of almost 2.4 million. Cali is second largest city in the country. The adjetive for the people born in Cali is Caleño.
The name Santiago de Cali comes in one part to honour Saint James the apostle (Santiago in Spanish) whose feast day is celebrated on july 25th. About the word Cali there are several opinons about its possible origin. Some attribute it to a mispronunciation of the word "Lili", the name of a local tribe. Others believe that the word "Cali" has quechua origin, and it was brought by the Yanaconas Indians that came from Quito serving Belalcázar. This theory is reinforced from the fact that near Quito there is an indigenous town named Cali Cali.
Cali is located on the Cauca Valley between the west coast of the Cauca River and the east slope of the Western Cordillera near the mountains known as Farallones de Cali. The city is relatively flat with an average elevation of 1000 meters over the sea level (3280 ft). About 100 km west of Cali is the port city of Buenaventura on the colombian Pacific coast; to the northeast are the industrial city of Yumbo and the international airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (CLO) in Palmira; about two hours drive to the south it is found the colonial city of Popayán in the Cauca department.
Several rivers descending from the Western Cordillera into the Cauca River pass through the metropolitan area of Cali. In the north of the city the Aguacatal River flow into the Cali River, which continues to the Cauca River. In the south the rivers Cañaveralejo, Lilí, and Meléndez flow into the CVC south channel which ends into the Cauca River. Further south the bed of Pance River is a popular place for recreation and leisure.
The local climate is equatorial with the Western Cordillera screening the flow of humid air from the Pacific coast; in the afternoons a fresh breeze crosses the city from west to east. The Western Cordillera goes from 2,000 meters average altitude on the north of the city to 4,000 on the south, this makes the weather in the northwest of the city less rainy than in the southwest. The average annual precipitation goes from 900 mm in the driest zones to 1,800 mm in the rainiest ones with an average of 1,000 mm over most of the metropolitan area. The average temperature is 24°C (74°F) with an average lowest of 19°C and a highest average of 30°C.
Before the arrival of the spaniards the actual region of Cali was inhabited by many indigenous tribes, mostly of the Caribe family. On the region between the Cauca River and the Western Cordillera, the Gorrones were established between the actual Roldanillo and Cali; the biggest Morron's town was settled on the River Pescador near the actual towns of Zarzal and Bugalagrande. Although canibals, the Morrones had trade with the Quimbayas who inhabited the north of the Valle del Cauca.
On his way to Cali Belalcázar first met the Timbas which ran away before the arrival of the Conqueror's men leaving behind their townes and gold. After the Timbas, on their way North, the Spaniards entered in the territory of the cacique Jamundí and his tribe the Jamundíes between the rivers Pance and Jamundi. These Indians endure a strong resitance to the inviders, fighting with poisonous darts and arrows against the arquebuses and swords of the spaniards. After taking Jamundíes' town the spaniards looted the Indian's gold.
Before taking complete control over the region the spaniards had to defeat the cacique Petecuy, whose tribe inhabited between the river Lilí and the Western Cordillera. Petecuy formed a big army formed by many tribes and fought the spaniards on the holy Tuesday 1536.
The Morrones gave up easily to the Spaniards and were divided in Encomiendas. The already "mestizo" nature of the spaniards made easy the process of mixing with the Amerindians, in fact, Belalcázar himself had several children born in the Americas from Indian mothers, as well as his men.
The name Santiago de Cali comes in one part to honour Saint James the apostle (Santiago in Spanish) whose feast day is celebrated on july 25th. About the word Cali there are several opinons about its possible origin. Some attribute it to a mispronunciation of the word "Lili", the name of a local tribe. Others believe that the word "Cali" has quechua origin, and it was brought by the Yanaconas Indians that came from Quito serving Belalcázar. This theory is reinforced from the fact that near Quito there is an indigenous town named Cali Cali.
Cali is located on the Cauca Valley between the west coast of the Cauca River and the east slope of the Western Cordillera near the mountains known as Farallones de Cali. The city is relatively flat with an average elevation of 1000 meters over the sea level (3280 ft). About 100 km west of Cali is the port city of Buenaventura on the colombian Pacific coast; to the northeast are the industrial city of Yumbo and the international airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (CLO) in Palmira; about two hours drive to the south it is found the colonial city of Popayán in the Cauca department.
Several rivers descending from the Western Cordillera into the Cauca River pass through the metropolitan area of Cali. In the north of the city the Aguacatal River flow into the Cali River, which continues to the Cauca River. In the south the rivers Cañaveralejo, Lilí, and Meléndez flow into the CVC south channel which ends into the Cauca River. Further south the bed of Pance River is a popular place for recreation and leisure.
The local climate is equatorial with the Western Cordillera screening the flow of humid air from the Pacific coast; in the afternoons a fresh breeze crosses the city from west to east. The Western Cordillera goes from 2,000 meters average altitude on the north of the city to 4,000 on the south, this makes the weather in the northwest of the city less rainy than in the southwest. The average annual precipitation goes from 900 mm in the driest zones to 1,800 mm in the rainiest ones with an average of 1,000 mm over most of the metropolitan area. The average temperature is 24°C (74°F) with an average lowest of 19°C and a highest average of 30°C.
Before the arrival of the spaniards the actual region of Cali was inhabited by many indigenous tribes, mostly of the Caribe family. On the region between the Cauca River and the Western Cordillera, the Gorrones were established between the actual Roldanillo and Cali; the biggest Morron's town was settled on the River Pescador near the actual towns of Zarzal and Bugalagrande. Although canibals, the Morrones had trade with the Quimbayas who inhabited the north of the Valle del Cauca.
On his way to Cali Belalcázar first met the Timbas which ran away before the arrival of the Conqueror's men leaving behind their townes and gold. After the Timbas, on their way North, the Spaniards entered in the territory of the cacique Jamundí and his tribe the Jamundíes between the rivers Pance and Jamundi. These Indians endure a strong resitance to the inviders, fighting with poisonous darts and arrows against the arquebuses and swords of the spaniards. After taking Jamundíes' town the spaniards looted the Indian's gold.
Before taking complete control over the region the spaniards had to defeat the cacique Petecuy, whose tribe inhabited between the river Lilí and the Western Cordillera. Petecuy formed a big army formed by many tribes and fought the spaniards on the holy Tuesday 1536.
The Morrones gave up easily to the Spaniards and were divided in Encomiendas. The already "mestizo" nature of the spaniards made easy the process of mixing with the Amerindians, in fact, Belalcázar himself had several children born in the Americas from Indian mothers, as well as his men.
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