Buenaventura is a city in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. With a population of 324,207 most of city development lies on Cascajal Island, it is the size of Los Angeles metropolitan area. Most of the city's land is rural with small villages scattered throughout. It is located a few miles from the western cordillera of the Andes mountain range and the major city of Cali, the department's capital. Buenaventura is one of the rainiest cities in the world with 6000-7000 mm precipitation annually.
