Zarzal

Zarzal is a municipality located in the north of the department of Valle del Cauca, in Colombia. Its economy is based primarily on the extensive cultivation of sugar cane, on small and medium enterprises in the metalurgic sector and on utilities. Commerce is also of great importance, because a great number of warehouses for basic necessity goods exist in the city. A market place also exists, which serves as reference for various cities that are close by. Zarzal has a population of about 50,000 inhabitants. New city districts were constructed in the center of the city; it has now become difficult to find bare land inside the city.