Pasto

San Juan de Pasto
Coordinates: 1 ° 13 ′  N , 77 ° 16 ′  W San Juan de Pasto​ San Juan de Pasto on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Pasto on the map of Nariño
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Nariño
City foundation	1539
Residents	460,454  (2019)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1181 km 2
Population density	390 people / km 2
height	2527  m
Waters	Laguna de la Cocha
Post Code	520001-520099
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Germán Chamorro De La Rosa (2020-2023)
City patron	San Juan
Website	www.pasto.gov.co
District of Pasto
Pasto and the Galeras volcano in the background
Pasto Cathedral in the city center

Pasto or completely San Juan de Pasto is the capital and a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Nariño in southwestern Colombia .

geography

Pasto is located in the province of Pasto in the Departamento de Nariño at an altitude of 2527  m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 12 ° C. The municipality consists of 12 comunas in the urban part and 17 corregimientos in the rural part . Pasto lies at the foot of the Galeras volcano , in the cold but fertile plateau of Atriz. The municipality borders on Chachagüí and Buesaco to the north, Colón , Santiago , Villagarzón and Orito in the Putumayo department to the east, Funes to the south and Tangua , Consacá and Nariño to the west .

population

The municipality of Pasto has 460,454 inhabitants, of which 386,465 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Pasto was founded in 1537 by the Spanish conqueror Sebastián de Belalcázar and got its name from the indigenous people of the Pastos . Pasto received city rights in 1559, together with the nickname San Juan, in honor of John the Baptist . With the establishment of Nariño as a department, the city as Pasto became its capital.

Arts and Culture

Black and White Carnival

The city celebrates the Carnival of Blacks and Whites ( Spanish Carnaval de Negros y Blancos) every year from January 3rd to 6th . The residents present legends and traditions on lavishly decorated floats and often allude to political events. The city is in a state of emergency these days, as one day the participants paint their faces black and the next day they throw white powder on themselves.

For its variety of colors, its cheerfulness and its cultural value, UNESCO has declared the Carnival of Pasto an oral and spiritual cultural heritage of humanity. The carnival attracts many tourists from all corners of the country and abroad.

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  Moving truck

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  Day of the whites

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  Black Day

Others

Pasto is also known for its piety and has many churches to visit, including the Church of Cristo Rey, San Felipe Neri, San Juan Bautista, Santiago, Cathedral and Santuario Eucarístico Maridiaz.

An old, traditional painting technique, the barniz de pasto , is of particular importance . This varnish is obtained from the Mopa-Mopa -baum and is colored and thinned. When applying it to the wood, the artist uses a knife to work in decorations.

The typical dish of the region is the prepared cuy .

education

The city has the following universities:

• Universidad de Nariño
• Universidad Mariana
• Universidad San Martín
• Universidad Cooperativa
• Universidad Antonio Nariño

Sports

Estadio Departamental Libertad

The football club Deportivo Pasto , which currently plays in the first Colombian league , is based in Pasto . The greatest success in the club's history so far has been the 2006 first division championship . Deportivo Pasto plays its home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad , which opened in 1955 and has a capacity of 20,665 spectators.

Infrastructure

Pasto has Antonio Nariño Airport , which has the IATA code PSO . The airport is located in the neighboring municipality of Chachagüí . Pasto is also on the Panamericana , which connects Pasto to the north with Popayán and Bogotá (865 km away) and to the south with Ipiales and neighboring Ecuador . There are also road connections to Tumaco and Mocoa .

Pasto is the seat of the diocese of Pasto .

Climate table

Pasto
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     87   24 13     104   24 13     102   24 14th     159   24 14th     128   24 13     62   25th 13     27   25th 13     32   25th 13     63   25th 13     173   24 13     177   23 14th     139   23 13 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Pasto Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 23.6 23.8 23.9 23.7 24.0 24.6 25.0 25.3 25.2 23.6 22.8 23.0 O 24 Min. Temperature (° C) 13.4 13.3 13.7 13.7 13.0 13.1 13.3 12.9 13.2 13.3 13.5 13.2 O 13.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 87 104 102 159 128 62 27 32 63 173 177 139 Σ 1,253 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.5 5.7 5.0 5.1 5.3 O 5.5 Rainy days ( d ) 11 10 11 13 12 8th 4th 4th 6th 14th 15th 13 Σ 121 Humidity ( % ) 80 79 78 80 80 74 68 66 70 81 83 81 O 76.6 Source: wetterkontor.de

Jokes about the pastusos

Like many countries, Colombia has a specific group of people who a lot of the jokes are about. These are the Pastusos (people from Pasto). The background to this is that Pasto has often made different decisions from the majority in the history of the country. When the wars of independence raged, Pasto was of the opinion that they should not part with the Spanish crown. The jokes about the allegedly backward type of pastuso probably have their roots in the fact that it caused civil unrest in the city, which meant that the connection with the rest of the country took place very late.

Colombia's Pastusos can therefore be compared with population groups such as the Welsh in England , the East Frisians or Bavaria in Germany or the Chukchi in Russia. The basic structure of these jokes is often similar in the individual countries. The punch line is often the same, only the actor (s) change.

Personalities

• Sergio Elías Ortiz (1894–1978), historian and conservative politician
• Alfonso Zambrano Payán (1915–1991), sculptor
• Alberto Quijano Guerrero (1919–1995), poet and historian
• Carlos Trujillo (1956 or 1957–1993), civil engineer
• Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (* 1958), Bishop of Raleigh in the USA (2017–)
• Luis Fernando López (* 1979), walker
• Juan José Narváez (* 1995), football player

Web links

Commons : Pasto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alcaldia de Pasto. Alcaldía de Pasto - Nariño, accessed April 3, 2019 (Spanish, municipality website). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pasto - Nariño, accessed April 3, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality). 
2. ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on April 3, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia). 
3. ↑ Vías de acceso municipio de Pasto. Alcaldía de Pasto - Nariño, accessed on April 3, 2019 (Spanish, information on the infrastructure of the municipality). 
4. ↑ Chistes de pastusos. chistesbuenos.biz, accessed May 17, 2017 (Spanish, jokes about the Pastusos).