Pasto is connected northwards by land with Popayán
and south, 78 km away with Ipiales on the border with the Republic of Ecuador
by the Pan-American Highway. The distance from Pasto to the capital of the
republic, Bogotá, on the Panamerican Highway is 798km with a travel time of
about 18 hours. To the west the city is connected to the port of Tumaco on the Pacific
coast, by a paved road of 284 km, and to the east with Mocoa in Putumayo
department with a road of about 145 km. For national intercity land
transport there is a terminal used by the principal transport operating
companies
