Calima is a municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Its main urban area is the town of Darién.
Calima was founded on August 1, 1912 by a group of settlers Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Caldas. Her two name comes from the Calima or fog that continually covers part of its territory and Darien name given by one of its founding by the similarity found with some region of the department of Choco Darien.
This town is popular with tourist as it preserves over 1.000 years of the history of the Valle
The Municipality of Calima Darien has a large water potential mainly consisting of Calima, Bravo and azul rivers and numerous tributaries thereof. This determined the choice of this area for the construction of the dam in the 60 Calima.
The main source of economy of the Municipality of Calima Darien is now tourism, gradually replacing the farming happened to occupy the second rung of the economy.
In the waters of Lake Calima is possible to practice various water sports, which has contributed to the growth of tourism in the region, now has a good selection of hotels, rental vacations, villas, cabins, home vacations, hostels, clubs, recreation centers from various companies, holiday country homes, a variety of restaurants and tourist services in the lake.
Limits of Calima Darién: bounded on the north by the department of Choco, on the west with the municipality of Buenaventura, on the east by the municipalities of Yotoco and Riofío and south by the towns of Restrepo and Dagua.
Main economic activities: agriculture, tourism, livestock and tourism service.
Tourist Attractions: Lake Calima, Calima Archaeological Museum, Lake Calima Reservoir.
Festivals and Fairs: Celebrations and reign summer (mid-August).
Specialty Cooking: Sancocho de gallina or Sancocho Valluno, cold meats, beans and sweet.
Basic Infrastructure: It has all utilities, 4 schools, banks, hospital, stadium, bullring.
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