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Palmira | |
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Municipality and city | |
 Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | |
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 Location of the municipality and city of Palmira in the Valle del Cauca Department. | |
  Palmira | |
| Coordinates:3°35′N76°15′W / 3.583°N 76.250°W /3.583; -76.250 | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Andean Region |
| Department | Valle del Cauca* |
| Founded | 1824 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Alcaldía de Palmira |
| • Mayor | Oscar Escobar[1] |
| Area | |
• Municipality and city | 1,005 km2 (388 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,001 m (3,284 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.)[2] | |
• Municipality and city | 354,285 |
| • Density | 352.5/km2 (913.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 279,465 |
| • Urban density | 11,400/km2 (29,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Palmirano |
| Postal code | 76520000 |
| Area code | 57 + 2 |
| Website | Official website(in Spanish) |
Palmira is a city and municipality in southwesternColombia in theValle del Cauca Department. Situated approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east ofCali, the departments capital, Palmira is the second largest city in the department behind Cali, with a population of over 354,000 (2020 est.).
Palmira's contribution toagribusiness has earned it the title of Colombia's agricultural capital, with companies such asManuelita, Providencia Sugar Mill and Del Cauca Sugar Mill all based in the city.[3] In addition to sugarcane, the city and surrounding area also produces coffee, rice, corn and tobacco.
Palmira is located in southwestern Colombia, lying in theCauca River valley. 3°31’48” north altitude and 76°81’13” longitude west of Greenwich. The city covers an area of 1,160 km2 (448 sq mi). The city lies at an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.
Palmira has a relatively drytropical savanna climate (KöppenAw) with two dry seasons: from June to August and December to February. Annual rainfall averages only about 900 millimetres or 35 inches at the airport, but up to 1,700 millimetres or 67 inches in higher parts of the municipality.
| Climate data for Palmira (Palmira Ica), elevation 1,050 m (3,440 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.4 (84.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.8 (74.8) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 59.0 (2.32) | 74.8 (2.94) | 114.0 (4.49) | 159.0 (6.26) | 110.1 (4.33) | 59.8 (2.35) | 35.2 (1.39) | 39.2 (1.54) | 82.1 (3.23) | 113.2 (4.46) | 133.1 (5.24) | 88.2 (3.47) | 1,067.6 (42.03) |
| Average precipitation days | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 143 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 167.4 | 149.6 | 142.6 | 132.0 | 133.3 | 141.0 | 173.6 | 173.6 | 147.0 | 145.7 | 144.0 | 161.2 | 1,811 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4] | |||||||||||||
Important agricultural products aresugar cane,coffee,rice,corn, andtobacco. Palmira is known as the agricultural capital of Colombia, its main source of income is agriculture and specially the sugarcane cultivation. Palmira is home to the most important sugar mills in the country like : Manuelita Sugar Mill, Providencia Sugar Mill, Del Cauca Sugar Mill and more. The illegal burning of waste cane is the main source of air pollution in the city.
In 2005, Palmira opened its first large and post modern shopping mallCentro Comercial Llanogrande Plaza, popularly called "La Catorce", after the department store 'La 14' located in the mall. In 2021 ‘La 14’ liquidated and all locations closed, including the store in Llanogrande. The indoor/outdoor shopping center has become very popular among Palmireños since its opening as there were until recently no other large shopping malls in the city. Nevertheless, Palmiranos can still do their basic shopping in La Marden or any of its other stores located all throughout the city, specially in El Centro. Before the mall was built, Palmireños had to travel toCali to many of its shopping centers such as La Catorce, De Calima, and Chipichape. Llanogrande has manyrestaurants, several outdoorbars, an indoorcinema,casino, and a smallamusement park. It is located on the city's southwest side. In 2014, a second commercial shopping center called “Unicentro Palmira” was opened on the north west side of the city.
Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, which servesCali, is located in Palmira.The citizens' most common method of transportation is the motorcycle. There are many of these in the city and many operators ignore traffic laws so that cars on the street have to drive slow and carefully in order to avoid hitting them.In fact, the large numbers of motorcycles has become a new business since the past 5 years. Since there are a lot of motorcycles, their owners have started to offer transporting people from one place to other as if they were taxis. This caused a lot of friction between taxis and "mototaxis", as many people call them, because it has reduced the demand of people willing to pay for the cost of a taxi. Another method of transportation that is very common, but mostly used as attractive complement to the colonial architecture, are the white carriages which tourists can pay for to have a tour of the city. The city recently began municipal bus service under the name TUPAL that utilize natural gas powered buses.
Palmira is also famous for having many colleges, this has led it to been called "The University City". The following universities are located in Palmira.
Four professional football teams have represented the city in theCategoría Primera B, Colombia's second tier football league:Expreso Palmira andPalmira F.C. played in the competition for three years each, andUnivalle andDeportes Palmira represented the city in one season each. CurrentlyOrsomarso andInternacional F.C. de Palmira represent the city. There is also a futsal team, which is calledClub de Palmira Fut-Salón. Success wise, women's football has contributed the most. Amateur local teamGeneraciones Palmiranas is one of the best teams in the country and regularly sends its players to form part of thewomen's national squad. Orsomarso has also fielded a women's team that has competed in theprofessional league.
Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar is a stadium located in the centre of Palmira, built in the 1950s. In 2015 the stadium was renovated, with new stadium lights and a running track around the football pitch. This has allowed the city to host athletic events.[7] The stadium has been used byAmérica de Cali as an alternate home stadium whenEstadio Pascual Guerrero has been unavailable, the last time of which was in 2011. It is now used byOrsomarso andInternacional F.C. de Palmira to host their home matches.
Estadio Deportivo Cali is a football stadium built on the outskirts of Palmira, situated on the main highway that links Palmira withCali. It is the official stadium ofDeportivo Cali who play in the first divisionCategoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali are one of the most successful teams in Colombia, having won ten league championships. The stadium was inaugurated in February 2010,[8] and is one of the largest stadiums in Colombia as well as the first stadium owned by a professional football club in the country.
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