Nariño Department

Department of Nariño
Departamento del Nariño
Department
Flag of Department of Nariño
Flag
Coat of arms of Department of Nariño
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Desde el mar hasta el Galeras
(Spanish: From the sea to the Galeras)
Anthem: Himno del Departamento de Nariño
Nariño shown in red
Nariño shown in red
Topography of the department
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 01°10′N 77°16′W / 1.167°N 77.267°W / 1.167; -77.267
Country Colombia
RegionPacific Region/Andes Region
EstablishedAugust 6, 1904
CapitalPasto
Area
 • Total33,268 km2 (12,845 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total1,701,840
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-05
ISO 3166 codeCO-NAR
Provinces3
Municipalities62
Website[Gobernación http://xn--nario-rta.gov.co/inicio/]

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

Municipalities

  1. Albán
  2. Aldana
  3. Ancuya
  4. Arboleda
  5. Barbacoas
  6. Belén
  7. Buesaco
  8. Chachagüí
  9. Colón (Génova)
  10. Consaca
  11. Contadero
  12. Córdoba
  13. Cuaspud
  14. Cumbal
  15. Cumbitara
  16. El Charco
  17. El Peñol
  18. El Rosario
  19. El Tablón
  20. El Tambo
  21. Francisco Pizarro
  22. Funes
  23. Guachucal
  24. Guaitarilla
  25. Gualmatán
  26. Iles
  27. Imues
  28. Ipiales
  29. La Cruz
  30. La Florida
  31. La Llanada
  32. La Tola
  33. La Unión
  34. Leiva
  35. Linares
  36. Los Andes
  37. Magüí Payán
  38. Mallama
  39. Mosquera
  40. Nariño
  41. Olaya Herrera
  42. Ospina
  43. Pasto
  44. Policarpa
  45. Potosí
  46. Providencia
  47. Puerres
  48. Pupiales
  49. Ricaurte
  50. Roberto Payán
  51. Samaniego
  52. San Bernardo
  53. Sandona
  54. San Lorenzo
  55. San Pablo
  56. San Pedro de Cartago
  57. Santa Barbara
  58. Santacruz
  59. Sapuyes
  60. Taminango
  61. Tangua
  62. Tumaco
  63. Tuquerres
  64. Yacuanquer

References

  1. ↑ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
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