Zarzal
Sign in to saveZarzal () is a city and municipality in the north of the department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia. Its economy is based primarily on the extensive cultivation of sugar cane, on small and medium enterprises in the metallurgic sector, and on utilities. Commerce is also of great importance, because a great number of warehouses for basic necessity goods exist in the city. A marketplace also exists, which serves as reference for various cities that are close by. Zarzal municipality has a population of about 42,000. New city districts were constructed in the center of the city; it has now become di
Key facts
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- Zarzal, Valle del Cauca
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- City of Zarzal, Valle del Cauca
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- "Sweet Land of Colombia", "The Z"
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- Municipality and city
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- 290px
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- Flag_of_Zarzal.svg
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- ESCUDO_DE_ZARZAL_VALLE..png
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- Zarzal_Valle_del_Cauca.jpg
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- Colombia - Valle del Cauca - Zarzal.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the town and municipality of Zarzal in Valle del Cauca Department.
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- Colombia
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- Location in Colombia
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- 300
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- Country
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- Colombia
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- Department
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- Valle del Cauca
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Zarzal () is a city and municipality in the north of the department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia. Its economy is based primarily on the extensive cultivation of sugar cane, on small and medium enterprises in the metallurgic sector, and on utilities. Commerce is also of great importance, because a great number of warehouses for basic necessity goods exist in the city. A marketplace also exists, which serves as reference for various cities that are close by. Zarzal municipality has a population of about 42,000. New city districts were constructed in the center of the city; it has now become difficult to find bare land inside the city.
==Geography== The territory is mostly flat within the valley of the Cauca River, a river that flows into La Paila River. The municipality is also home to the forest of the Caracolíes, Los Chorros, Cumba recreational park, La Paila river, Mount Caré and Mount Pan de Azúcar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zarzal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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