The document summarizes information about the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. It describes the department's flag and shield, which represent ideals of honesty, purity, and integrity. It provides details about Valle del Cauca's geography, largest cities, climate, hydrography, natural parks, gastronomy, and notable artists. The department is located in western Colombia along the Pacific coast, with Santiago de Cali as its capital city. It has a tropical climate and hydrography that includes the Cauca River and several national parks. The local cuisine features dishes like sancocho stew and rice and the culture is home to famous painters, writers, and musicians.

1. PRESENTED BY: SANTIAGO BONILLA GARCIA
TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
THIRD GRADE
CLARET SCHOOL
2014-2015

3. The Valle del Cauca shield takes the French form in
honor of the French revolution that inspired the
Independence. The shield is divided in two
quarters, where the upper one shows a green
valley with its river, Blue Mountains in the
background, two palm trees and five golden cities.

4. The Valle del Cauca flag is the principle official symbol of the
Colombian Department of Valle del Cauca and was adopted
on July 26 of 1811. It is compose by two stripes landscape of
the same size, light-blue and white colors, surrounded by a
silver border that means:
light-blue: frankness, honesty, sincerity and loyalty.
White: peace, beautiful, purity.
Silver: Integrity, obedience, innocence.

6. Valle del Cauca, is a
department of
Colombia. It is in the
western side of the
country, facing the
Pacific Ocean. It is
considered one of the
most important
departments in the
Republic of Colombia.
Its capital is Santiago de
Cali.

7. GEOGRAPHY

8. The department of
Valle del Cauca is
located in the
western part of the
country. It borders
the departments of
Risaralda and
Quindío to the north,
Cauca to the south,
Tolima, and Chocó
and the Pacific Ocean
to the west.

9. Besides Cali such cities
as Buenaventura,
Cartago and Tulua have
great economic,
political, social and
cultural influence on
the department's life.
Valle del Cauca has the
largest number of
independent towns
with over 100,000
inhabitants in the
country, counting six
within its borders.

10. WEATHER AND REGIONS

11. The simple way of dividing the regions of valle del cauca is as follows:
Region flat or physical Valley, Highlands, coastal Region or the Pacific
coast.
Average temperature of the region varies from 23 to 24 ° C, which
corresponds to the warm thermal floor. The relative humidity varies in
the range 65-75%. It is a tropical region with two rainy and two dry year.

12. HIDROGRAPHY AND
NATURAL PARKS

13. The hydrographic network of the Valle del cauca is composed of
numerous currents formed in two aspects, the Pacific and
Magdalena, through the Cauca River. Among the main bodies of
water are Rio Cauca, Rio Fraile, Rio Jamundi.

14. The Department is a place of numerous national parks, of which the Farallones de
Cali, the Bay of Malaga and Malpelo Island are located entirely within their
territory. In addition, share areas of other national parks with more departments.
These are: Parque nacional natural Las Hermosas, con Tolima - Parque nacional
natural Nevado del Huila, con Huila, Tolima y Cauca - Parque nacional natural
Tatamá, con Risaralda.

15. ART AND CULTURE

16. Valle del Cauca gastronomy
the principal food are: the
shampoos, mazato,
Sancocho de Gallina,
atollado rice, cholado, the
chontaduro, Lulada, the
cheese bread, the
blancmange, cut sweet, the
pandeyuca, the sleeve, the
marranitas, the aborrajados,
gelatin leg, the Arepa
valluna, among many other
delights or food.

17. Among the most outstanding artists of the Valle del Cauca are the painter Omar
Rayo, Andrés Caicedo, Enrique Buenaventura, Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal, novelist
and poet Jorge Isaacs, the writer Eustaquio Palacios, Isaias Gamboa, Jotamario
Arbeláez, Antonio Maria Valencia, Jairo Varela, and the brothers Hernando, Lucy
Tejada and Pedro Morales Pino.