El Queremal is a town in the

Dagua Dagua () is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's ...

municipality, Valle del Cauca Department,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. It is located about west of

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

and is at an elevation of . The town is situated on the upper part of the Old Cali-Buenaventura Road and is about from Buenaventura, the main Colombian port on the Pacific. The town is accessible from Cali from several roads leading away from the main Cali-Buenaventura Road near the area of Kilometer 18, Valle del Cauca. The climate is that of the subtropical Andean belt with a temperature range of 18° to 24° C (64° to 75° F) and an annual rainfall of about {{convert, 2000, mm, in, abbr=on. This climate is possible because of the convergence of moist air of the Pacific with the Western Andes. The San Juan River runs through the area, beginning in the

Farallones de Cali Farallones de Cali is a cluster of mountains in the West Andes of Colombia. It is located west of the city of Cali and gives rise to many of the rivers that provide water and electricity to Cali. The PNN Farallones de Cali encompasses in the ...

and flowing into the Dagua River, which is part of the greater

Anchicayá River The Anchicayá River in western Colombia has its headwaters in the Farallones de Cali and flows northwest into the Pacific Ocean at Buenaventura Bay. This watershed is known for its excellent biodiversity, especially with birds, amphibians and b ...

drainage. The name "El Queremal" comes from the local plant ''

Cavendishia ''Cavendishia'' is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the ...

quereme''.

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