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Pasto is the capital city of Nariño, a department (administrative region) in Colombia. It serves as the main urban and administrative center for the Nariño region.
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- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Nariño Department
- Population
- 410835
- Area
- 1181
- Elevation
- 2527
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Nariño Department
- Founded by
- Sebastián de Belalcázar
- Official website
- www.pasto.gov.co
- Image
- San Juan de Pasto de noche.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pasto, Colombia
- inception
- 1539-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Tulcán
- Commons category
- Pasto
- topic's main category
- Category:Pasto, Colombia
- postal code
- 520001–520099
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Pasto
- P12749
- British Council
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto ( Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan de ˈpasto]; "Saint John of Pasto"), is the capital of the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia. Pasto was founded in 1537 and named after indigenous people of the area. In the 2018 census, the municipality had a population of 392,930. Pasto is located in the Atriz Valley on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano.
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