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CALI

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 3 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALI  , an inland

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town of the department of
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Cauca,
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Colombia, South
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America, about 18o m . S.W. of Bogota and So M . S.E. of the
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port of
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Buenaventura, on the Rio Cali, a small branch of the Cauca . Pop . (1906 estimate) 16,000 . Cali stands 3327 ft. above sea-level on the western side of the Cauca valley, one of the healthiest regions of Colombia . The
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land-locked character of this region greatly restricts the city's trade and development; but it is considered the most important town in the department . It has a
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bridge across the Cali, and a number of religious and public edifices . A railway from Buenaventura will give Cali and the valley behind it, with which it is connected by over 20o m, of
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river navigation, a good outlet on the Pacific coast .
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Coal deposits exist in the immediate vicinity of the town .

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