Place:Nariño, Colombia

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NameNariño
Alt namesNariñosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDepartment
Coordinates1.5°N 78°W
Located inColombia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Barbacoas
Buesaco
Cumbal
El Diviso
El Tambo
Ipiales
La Cruz
La Unión
Linares
Mosquera
Pasto ( 1539 - )
Ricaurte
Samaniego
San Pablo
Sandona
Tumaco
Túquerres
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Nariño is a department of Colombia named after independence leader Antonio Nariño. Its capital is Pasto. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.

Nariño has a diverse geography and varied climate according to altitude: hot in the plains of the Pacific and cold in the mountains, where most of the population resides, a situation that is repeated in a north-south direction. Other important cities include Tumaco and Ipiales.

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