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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.
The Pasto Campaign was a series of military operations carried out between 1822 and 1824 [ZR 1] by Gran Colombia against the Royalist strongholds of San Juan de Pasto and Patía, Cauca in present-day Southern Colombia.
Blacks and Whites' Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Negros y Blancos), is a Carnival public festival and parade in southern Colombia established in 1546. Although its geographical location belongs to the city of Pasto, it has been adopted by other municipalities in Nariño and southwestern Colombia. [1]
To do this, he named Brigadier Juan de Sámano to lead the offensive, using Pasto as his base of operations, as well being supported by the militias of Pasto and Patia. This grouping of forces, marched north and captured the city of Popayán on July 1, without encountering resistance.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, ... San Juan de Urabá ... San Juan de Pasto: Nariño: 382,618: 455,678: 764 Albán: