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PASTO

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PASTO  , a

city of
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Colombia and capital of the department of Narino, about 36 m. from the boundary
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line with Ecuador, on one of the inland trade routes with that republic, and on a
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principal line of communication with the
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great forested regions of the Caquet.a (Japura), Putumayo and Napo . Pop . (1906 estimate), 6000 . It stands on an elevated plain, 8347 ft. above the sea, at the eastern
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foot of the Pasto
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volcano, which rises above the city to a height of 13,990 ft . Wool is produced to some extent and is
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woven for the
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local market in the woollen factories of Pasto .

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