# Department of Pasco

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Department of Peru

This article is about the department. For its capital city, see [Cerro de Pasco](/source/Cerro_de_Pasco). For other uses, see [Pasco (disambiguation)](/source/Pasco_(disambiguation)).

Department in Peru

Pasco Pasqu (Quechua) Department Flag Coat of arms Location of Pasco within Peru Coordinates: 10°30′S 75°18′W / 10.5°S 75.3°W / -10.5; -75.3 Country Peru Capital Cerro de Pasco Provinces List Daniel Alcides Carrión Oxapampa Pasco Government • Type Regional Government • Governor Pedro Ubaldo Polinar Area • Total 25,319.59 km2 (9,775.95 sq mi) Highest elevation 4,380 m (14,370 ft) Lowest elevation 256 m (840 ft) Population (2017) • Total 254,065 • Density 10.0343/km2 (25.9888/sq mi) Demonym pasqueño/a UBIGEO 19 Dialing code 063 ISO 3166 code PE-PAS Principal resources Lead, zinc, silver and coal. Percentage of Peru's GDP 1.04% Website www.regionpasco.gob.pe

**Pasco** (Spanish pronunciation: [\[ˈpasko\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish); [Quechua](/source/Quechua_language): *Pasqu*) is a [department of Peru](/source/Regions_of_Peru). It is located in the country's central highlands. It is administered by a [regional government](/source/Regional_Government_of_Pasco). Its capital is [Cerro de Pasco](/source/Cerro_de_Pasco).

## Political division

Map of provinces

The region is divided into 3 provinces ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *provincias*, singular: *provincia*), which are composed of 28 districts (*distritos*, singular: *distrito*).

Tree-cover loss year in Pasco, 2001-2024, from the [Global Forest Change dataset](/source/Global_Forest_Change_dataset).

Celebration in Oxapampa.

### Provinces

The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

- [Daniel Alcídes Carrión](/source/Daniel_Alc%C3%ADdes_Carri%C3%B3n_Province) ([Yanahuanca](/source/Yanahuanca))

- [Oxapampa](/source/Oxapampa_Province) ([Oxapampa](/source/Oxapampa))

- [Pasco](/source/Pasco_Province) ([Cerro de Pasco](/source/Cerro_de_Pasco))

## Places of interest

- [Cerro de la Sal](/source/Cerro_de_la_Sal)

- [El Sira Communal Reserve](/source/El_Sira_Communal_Reserve)

- [Gran Pajonal](/source/Gran_Pajonal)

- [San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest](/source/San_Mat%C3%ADas%E2%80%93San_Carlos_Protection_Forest)

- [Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park](/source/Yanachaga%E2%80%93Chemill%C3%A9n_National_Park)

- [Yanesha Communal Reserve](/source/Yanesha_Communal_Reserve)

## External links

- [Gobierno Regional Pasco](http://www.regionpasco.gob.pe) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20051123182113/http://www.regionpasco.gob.pe/) 2005-11-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) – Pasco Regional Government official website

v t e Department capitals of Peru Chachapoyas (Amazonas) Huaraz (Ancash) Abancay (Apurímac) Arequipa (Arequipa) Ayacucho (Ayacucho) Cajamarca (Cajamarca) Callao (Callao) Cusco (Cusco) Huancavelica (Huancavelica) Huánuco (Huánuco) Ica (Ica) Huancayo (Junín) Trujillo (La Libertad) Chiclayo (Lambayeque) Lima Huacho (Lima) Iquitos (Loreto) Puerto Maldonado (Madre de Dios) Moquegua (Moquegua) Cerro de Pasco (Pasco) Piura (Piura) Puno (Puno) Moyobamba (San Martín) Tacna (Tacna) Tumbes (Tumbes) Pucallpa (Ucayali)

v t e Regions of Peru Amazonas Áncash Apurímac Arequipa Ayacucho Cajamarca Callao Cusco Huancavelica Huánuco Ica Junín La Libertad Lambayeque Lima Metropolitan Lima Loreto Madre de Dios Moquegua Pasco Piura Puno San Martín Tacna Tumbes Ucayali Italics indicate provinces under a special regime. The Constitutional Province of Callao does not belong to any region.

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