Pasto
[pahs-taw]
- a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- a volcanic peak near this city. 13,990 feet (4265 meters).
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Pasto is almost 8,300 feet up in the mountains, so it was cold and crisp, with a blaze of stars across the sky.
Historical Examples
We had to pass the Pasto Paramos, and that in the rainy season, which had now set in.
Celebrated Travels and TravellersJules Verne
Mules are bred for the Colombian markets of Pasto and Popayan.
Since 1895 the pasto duro has been eliminated by agriculture rather than by the feet of the herds.
The Argentine RepublicPierre Denis
Hence the advance of the pasto dulce is no longer in a continuous line moving toward the west.
The Argentine RepublicPierre Denis
Further north, on the other hand, the extent of the pasto dulce does not seem to have altered appreciably.
The Argentine RepublicPierre Denis
Pasto
- a city in SE Colombia, at an altitude of 2590 m (8500 ft). Pop: 404 000 (2005 est)
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