{{About|the Province of Pasco|its capital city|Cerro de Pasco|other uses|Pasco (disambiguation){{!}}Pasco}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Pasco Province | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = Huaguruncho.JPG | image_caption = [[Waqurunchu]], one of the highest mountains of the Pasco Province | image_flag = File:Bandera de Cerro de Pasco.JPG | image_shield = | image_map = Location of the province Pasco in Pasco.svg | map_caption = Location of Pasco in the [[Pasco Region]] | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = [[Pasco Region|Pasco]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Cerro de Pasco]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Marco Antonio De la Cruz Bustillos<br><small>(2019-2022)</small> | area_total_km2 = 4758.57 | elevation_m = | population_total = 123015 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 1901 | website = {{url|www.munipasco.gob.pe}} | official_name = }} '''Pasco''' is one of the three provinces that make up the [[Pasco Region]] in [[Peru]]. The capital of this province is the city [[Cerro de Pasco]].
== Boundaries == *'''North''': [[Huánuco Region]] *'''East''': province of [[Oxapampa Province|Oxapampa]] *'''South''': [[Junín Region]] *'''West''': [[Lima Region]], province of [[Daniel A. Carrión Province|Daniel A. Carrión]]
== Geography == The [[Waqurunchu mountain range]] traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is [[Waqurunchu]] at {{convert|5748 |m|ft|abbr=on}}. Other mountain are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Pasco (Pasco Region)</ref>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em| * Anka Wachanan * Añilqucha * Awki * Challwash * Chuqimayu * Hamp'atu * [[Hatun Ukru (Pasco)|Hatun Ukru]] * [[Hatun Waqya]] * Kasha Pata * Kimaqucha * Kiswar Mach'ay * [[Kuchpanqa]] * Kurawniyuq * [[Luliqucha]] * Luychu * Luychuqucha * Llama Lluchka * Manka P'ukru * Marayniyuq * Millpu * Mina Kasha * [[Mishi Waqanan (Pasco)|Mishi Waqanan]] * Muruqucha * [[Ñat'iqucha]] * Ñawsan * Ñawsanqa * [[Ñawsaqucha]] * Pachapa Simin * Parya Punta * [[Pichqa Pukyu]] * [[Pirwa Hirka]] * [[Puka Uru]] * Pukaqucha * Puma Hirka * Puma Wayin * [[Putaqa (Pasco)|Putaqa]] * Ranra Tampu * Qaqa Mach'ay * [[Qawi]] * [[Qiwllaqucha (Pasco)|Qiwllaqucha]] * Ranra Tampu * Raqray * [[Saqra Mach'ay (Huánuco-Pasco)|Saqra Mach'ay]] * Shaywa Punta * [[Tampu Raqra]] * Tawllish * Tinyaqucha * T'uru Hirka * Uskhu Raqra * Wachwa Rumi * Wallqash Hanka * Wank'a Wank'a * Waqay Rumi * [[Waqurunchu (Huánuco-Pasco)|Waqurunchu]] (Huá.-Pas.) * [[Waraqu (Pasco)|Waraqu]] * Warmi Chuku * Waswas * Waychaw Wachanan * Wayrachina * Yana Chaka * [[Yana Chuku (Pasco)|Yana Chuku]] * Yana K'uchu * [[Yana Mach'ay]] * [[Yanaqucha (Huachón)|Yanaqucha]] (Huachón) * Yuraq Mit'u }}
== Administrative division == The province has an area of {{convert|4758.57|km2|sp=us}} and is divided into thirteen districts.
*[[Chaupimarca District|Chaupimarca]] *[[Huachón District|Huachón]] *[[Huariaca District|Huariaca]] *[[Huayllay District|Huayllay]] *[[Ninacaca District|Ninacaca]] *[[Pallanchacra District|Pallanchacra]] *[[Paucartambo District, Pasco|Paucartambo]] *[[San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán District|San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán]] *[[Simón Bolívar District|Simón Bolívar]] *[[Ticlacayán District|Ticlacayán]] *[[Tinyahuarco District|Tinyahuarco]] *[[Vicco District|Vicco]] *[[Yanacancha District, Pasco|Yanacancha]]
== Population == The province has an approximate population of 123,015 inhabitants ([[2017 Peru Census|2017]]).
==See also== * [[Administrative divisions of Peru]] {| |- valign="top" | * [[Allqaqucha (Pasco)|Allqaqucha]] * [[Kunturmarka, Pasco|Kunturmarka]] * [[Markapukyu]] * [[Pumaqucha (Pasco)|Pumaqucha]] * [[Qaqapatan]] * [[Q'illaywasin]] | * [[Upamayu Dam]] * [[Warunqucha]] * [[Wat'aqucha (Pasco)|Wat'aqucha]] * [[Huayllay National Sanctuary|Wayllay National Sanctuary]] * [[Yanaqucha (Huayllay)|Yanaqucha]] (Huayllay) * [[Yanaqucha (Tinyahuarco)|Yanaqucha]] (Tinyahuarco) |}
{{Provinces of the Pasco Region}}
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