Cali

Not to be confused with California. For other uses, see Cali (disambiguation).

Cali
District and city
Santiago de Cali
Cali skyline Enrique Buenaventura Municipal Theater San Antonio Church El Gato del Río Cristo Rey
Flag Coat of arms
Nicknames:  La capital mundial de la salsa (The Salsa capital of the world) Capital de la felicidad (Capital of Happiness) Capital deportiva de Colombia (Sports Capital of Colombia) Sucursal del cielo (Branch of heaven) La sultana del Valle (The Sultana of the Valley)
Location of the municipality and city of Cali in the Valle del Cauca Department
Cali Location in Colombia Cali Cali (South America)
Coordinates: 3°25′14″N 76°31′20″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Valle del Cauca
Foundation	25 July 1536
Founder	Sebastián de Belalcázar
Government
• Mayor	Alejandro Eder
Area
• District and city	619 km2 (239 sq mi)
Elevation	1,018 m (3,340 ft)
Population  (2023)
• District and city	2,234,400
• Rank	Ranked 3rd
• Density	3,610/km2 (9,350/sq mi)
• Urban	2,916,790
• Metro	3,400,000
Demonym	Caleño
GDP (Nominal, 2023)
• Metro	US$22.1 billion
• Per capita	US$7,700
Time zone	UTC-5 (COT)
Area code	+57 602
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

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Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2.3 million residents in 2026. The city spans 560.3 km² (216.3 sq mi) with 120.9 km² (46.7 sq mi) of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous. Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar.

As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games. Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.