Pasto
—  City  —
San Juan de Pasto
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Ciudad Sorpresa (Surprise City) Ciudad Teológica (Theological City) Tierra del Galeras (Galeras's Land)
Motto: "Muy Noble Y Muy Leal Ciudad de San Juan de Pasto" ("Very Noble and Very Loyal City of San Juan de Pasto)
Location of the municipality and city of Pasto in the Department of Nariño
Pasto Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 01°12′28″N 77°16′38″W / 1.20778°N 77.27722°W / 1.20778; -77.27722Coordinates: 01°12′28″N 77°16′38″W / 1.20778°N 77.27722°W / 1.20778; -77.27722
Country	Colombia
Region	Pacific Region/Andes Region
Department	Nariño
Founding	1537
Established	1539-06-24 (Atriz Valley)
Founder	Sebastián de Belalcázar
Named for	Saint John the Baptist
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Harold Guerrero López
Area
• Land	1,181 km2 (456 sq mi)
• Urban	26.4 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Elevation	2,527 m (8,291 ft)
Population
• City	399,723
Time zone	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-05)
Postal code	90-210
Area code(s)	092, 072, 052
Website	pasto.gov.co

Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the department of Nariño, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Atriz Valley", on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 8,290 feet (2,527 m) above sea level. The city has a population of approximately 400,000 inhabitants.

Economy[link]

Pasto is the centre of an agricultural region specializing in the production of dairy products. The manufacturing of furniture is an important part of the local economy. The city is an important center of commerce with many malls and is often visited by people from nearby Ecuador.

Carnival and arts[link]

One of the most important events held by the city is the Blacks and Whites' Carnival (Carnaval de Negros y Blancos in Spanish), with outstanding displays of craftmanship in floats portraying legends and traditions, often mixed in with references to current political events in Colombia. During the carnival the city goes wild and unleashes all the joy it has bottled up all year. It is not advisable to wear nice clothes during this festival, as during these celebrations people have fun painting each other's faces with cosmetics colors (skin safe and created for this special purpose) and throwing talcum powder and party foam. The carnival takes place from 2 to 7 January each year.

A speciality of this region is a pre-Columbian art technique called Barniz de Pasto, or Pasto Varnish in English. This uses a type of natural rubber (extracted from a tree called mopa-mopa) which is colored and then stretched over woodwork pieces; finally the skillful artisan uses a special knife to cut and create the many beautiful designs that characterise this artistic technique.

History[link]

Pasto was originally founded in 1537 by the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar. In 1539 another Spanish conquistador Lorenzo de Aldana moved the city to its current location, and established there under the name "San Juan de Pasto". Pasto is a reference to the name of the indigenous people who inhabited the region at the arrival of the conquerors, the Pastos. However, the Atriz Valley was inhabited by the Quillacingas. A major contributor to the economy and expansion of Pasto was a man of Italian origin named Guido Bucheli

It has been an administrative, cultural and religious center of the region since colonial times. Because of this, the city is known as the theological city of Colombia. During the Independence Wars against Spain Pasto was a royalist city, unlike the rest of the country. Partly due to this political stance, and because of its geographical location, after independence Pasto remained isolated for a long time from the rest of the Colombia.

On June 25, 2006 Deportivo Pasto became the champion of the 1st division of soccer in Colombia.

Carnival float Pasto, Colombia

the Galeras Volcano', Aerial image by NASA showing activity. City of Pasto on the right.

Education[link]

There are several universities with students from Pasto and from other cities in Nariño, some of them are:

• University of Nariño
• Universidad Mariana
• Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Fundación Universitaria San Martin
• Institución Universitaria Cesmag
• Universidad Antonio Nariño
• Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD
• Escuela Superior de Administración Pública - ESAP
• Corporación Universitaria Autónoma de Nariño

Infrastructure[link]

The city is connected by road with the cities of Cali, Popayan, Ipiales, Tumaco and Mocoa among others and crossed by the Pan-American Highway. Pasto has a main station for the terrestrial transport called "Terminal de transportes" which gather all the companies offering transport by road.

The city airport Antonio Nariño(PSO) is located at the north of the city in Chachagui.

In the telecommunication infrastructure are several Internet service providers like Une, Telecom and Telmex, offering broadband internet, television and telephony.

The city Football soccer stadium "Estadio Libertad" has capacity for 35.530 spectators.

References[link]

External links[link]

Pasto travel guide from Wikitravel

• Photos of the "Carnaval de Blancos y Negros"
• Universidad de Nariño
• Photos Carnaval de Negros Y Blancos Pasto
• Mayor's office
• Pasto Volcanological and Seismological Observatory - INGEOMINAS
• Sobre el barniz de Pasto
• Pasto Weather

v t e Municipalities in the Nariño Department Albán Aldana Ancuya Arboleda Barbacoas Belén Buesaco Chachagüí Colón (Génova) Consaca Contadero Córdoba Cuaspud Cumbal Cumbitara El Charco El Rosario El Tablón El Tambo Francisco Pizarro Funes Guachucal Guaitarilla Gualmatán Iles Imues Ipiales La Cruz La Florida La Llanada La Tola La Unión Leiva Linares Los Andes Magui Mallama Mosquera Nariño Olaya Herrera Ospina Pasto (capital) Policarpa Potosí Providencia Puerres Pupiales Ricaurte Roberto Payán Samaniego San Bernardo Sandona San Lorenzo San Pablo San Pedro de Cartago Santa Barbara Santacruz Sapuyes Taminango Tangua Tumaco Tuquerres Yacuanquer

Edixon Perea

Personal information
Full name	Édixon Perea Valencia
Date of birth	(1984-04-20) April 20, 1984 (age 28)
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Cruz Azul
Number	9
Youth career
????-2001	Atlético Huila
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2002	Atlético Huila	24	(6)
2002	Deportes Quindío	18	(4)
2002–2003	Deportivo Pasto	9	(1)
2003–2005	Atlético Nacional	86	(38)
2005–2008	Bordeaux	38	(3)
2008–2010	Grêmio	40	(12)
2010–2011	Las Palmas	10	(0)
2011-	Cruz Azul	22	(8)
National team‡
2001–2003	Colombia U-20	7	(1)
2004–	Colombia	26	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 29, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 29, 2011

Edixon Perea Valencia (born April 20, 1984 in Cali) is a Colombian footballer that currently play with Cruz Azul in the Primera Division de Mexico.

Football career[link]

Before playing for Bordeaux, Perea played 29 games in the 2005 season for Atlético Nacional. He was one of the players that helped the Colombian youth team reach the third place in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was on trial at English Premier League Club Blackburn Rovers in 2010.^[1]

International career[link]

Perea is also on the Colombian national football team where he has been called upon during the qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup.

He played for the Colombian national team in the Copa América 2007.

International Goals – Colombia[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	July 9, 2004	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Bolivia	0 – 1	0–1	Copa América 2004
2	January 15, 2005	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	South Korea	1 – 2	1–2	Friendly
3	February 23, 2005	Estadio Carlos González, Culiacán, Mexico	Mexico	1 – 1	1–1	Friendly
4	June 4, 2005	Metropolitano, Barranquilla, Colombia	Peru	0 – 5	0–5	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	March 25, 2007	Orange Bowl, Miami, USA	Switzerland	0 – 1	1–3	Friendly
6	June 23, 2007	Metropolitano, Barranquilla, Colombia	Ecuador	3 – 1	3–1	Copa América 2007
7	July 2, 2007	Estadio José Pachencho, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Argentina	0 – 1	4–2	Copa América 2007
8	February 6, 2008	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	0 – 1	2–2	Friendly
9				0 – 2

References[link]

External links[link]

• Edixon Perea French league stats at LFP.fr (French)^{[dead link]}

v t e Colombia squad – 2004 Copa América Fourth Place 1 Henao 2 González 3 Castrillón 4 Sinisterra 5 Orozco 6 Díaz 7 Moreno 8 Ferreira 9 Herrera 10 Morantes 11 Murillo 12 Castillo 13 Dinas 14 E. Perea 15 Viáfara 16 Congo 17 Patiño 18 Aguilar 19 Amaya 20 Victoria 21 Palacio 22 Martínez Coach: Rueda

v t e Colombia squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Calero 2 Córdoba 3 Yepes 4 Vallejo 5 Arizala 6 Vargas 7 Edixon Perea 8 Ferreira 9 Domínguez 10 Chitiva 11 Rodallega 12 Zapata 13 Marín 14 Luis Amaranto Perea 15 Viáfara 16 Benítez 17 Castrillón 18 Rey 19 Valoyes 20 Torres 21 Banguero 22 Zúñiga Coach: Pinto

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