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ID: 1023908
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1023908
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pasto (inhabited place)  Pasto (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 01 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 1.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 077 17 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.2833  decimal degrees

Note: Located in southwest Colombia, on a high plateau, east of Galeras volcano. Pasto was formerly a royalist stronghold against Spain. It controls traffic between Ecuador and the Cauca Valley. Pasto has a large Amerindian population, and produces woolen textiles and hats.

Names:
Pasto (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Colombia (nation)  ........  Colombia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nariño (department)  ............  Nariño (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Pasto (inhabited place)  ................  Pasto (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1539
city (C)
regional capital (C)
commercial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pasto..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 190
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 150
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 931
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 190
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 150
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 931
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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