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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 See also:

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

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