Alcalá

This municipality is located in the central mountain range, in the North Eastern part of Valle del Cauca. Its land is irrigated by Rio la Vieja and the Los Angeles brook.
People from Antioquia started this municipality.It was founded in 1919.
The economy is centered on tourism because it is very close to some theme parks (Parque del Cafè and Panaca, which are in Quindio), cattle raising, and agriculture.

It is one of the smallest municipalities of our department. It is located near Cartago, Ulloa, and Quimbaya; this last one belongs to Quindío department. Alcalá was founded by Antiochian colonos and sponsored by Don Sebastián de Marisansena.

Info provided by: Daniel Arboleda Corominas/María Antonia Cardenas Forero. Image: María Alejandra Bedoya.

A municipality from the Eastern Zone......

Give a look at this nice video for you to create a mental picture of one of the municipalities we will visit in our tour, Sevilla.

Yipao in Caicedonia. Festivities 2007

MI VALLE DEL CAUCA GRUPO NICHE

Mi Valle del Cauca
Grupo Niche

Esta es mi tierra bonita
mi tierra preciosa
mi Valle del Cauca
(BIS)

Al centro Tulúa,
Buga que es miel,
al norte Cartago y Obando
Buenaventura en el mar

Cerca a Palmira: Florida
Amaime, El Cerrito
un pueblo andaluz
Pradera junto a Candelaria
Ginebra, La Paila, El Dovio y Zarzal

Sevilla, Cachimbal, Restrepo
Versalles, El Cairo, Guachínte, Ceilán
Roldanillo, Bugalagrande
Dagua, La Cumbre, Yotoco, El Salao

Por Yumbo se mete uno a Vijes
cerca a la montaña está Toro y La Unión
y cómo olvidar La Victoria, Darién, Caicedonia,
Anserma y Guacarí

Y entrando al sur
por Jamundí Valle del Lilí
dominando el plan
ay mi Cali

Esta es mi tierra bonita
que embriaga mis sueños
con tantos parajes
y al desprevenido horizonte
en cualquier momento lo vuelve paisaje

Esta es mi tierra bonita
jardín que brotó de la naturaleza
riendo entre dos cordilleras
que celosas protegen mi tierra preciosa

Y quedó oliendo a café
quedó sabiendo a guarapo
con rico sabor de caña
el Cauca dejó la montaña
(BIS)

Dando vida a mi tierra bonita
Dando nombre a mi tierra preciosa

Coro
Mi Valle del Cauca
Mi Valle eh!

Que te abre el corazón
Que hoy se convierte en canción
Olvidando tu dolor
Va plasmando su verdor
Junto con los rayos del sol
llamando a todos la atención
Motiva mi inspiración
Esa mujer canela que das
Tal si fuera Santa Ana
Mi mujer vallecaucana

Y quedó oliendo a café
quedó sabiendo a guarapo
con rico sabor de caña
el Cauca dejó la montaña.

Dear students,
Are you ready to sing it? Go ahead!!!
I suggest you to invite a relative or friend to join you. Then you can challenge him/her by asking to identify places which are not municipalities of our department. If he doesn't know you can teach him.
If you do it, please publish the results of your exercise. Have fun!

Touring El Valle del Cauca...

Third graders and parents,
As you all know we will soon have the wonderful experience of visiting some municipalities and turist places of our department.
This link will show you in detail the beautiful place where we will spend the night, Bosques del Samán. Isn't it marvelous?
http://www.fincahotelelbosque.com/

Mi Valle del Cauca

Enjoy this wonderful video and get to know more about our department. Feel tempted to visit all these places!!!

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