Yali is a town and municipality located in northeastern Antioquia Department

Antioquia Department

Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, colloquially called "the town of hills". Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia

Northeastern Antioquia

Northeastern Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up by 10 municipalities.-Municipalities:* Amalfi* Anorí* Cisneros* Remedios* San Roque* Santo Domingo* Segovia* Vegachi* Yali* Yolombo...

. Yali was established as a municipality in 1956 and was named after one of its founders; Lorenzo Yali. In its early days the town's ecpnomy relied on mining, now the economic activity is focused on the "cañicultura" (sugarcane plantations) with aims of production of panela

Panela

Panela is unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Latin America, which is basically a solid piece of sucrose and fructose obtained from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice....

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