Department of Pasco

This article is about the department. For its capital city, see Cerro de Pasco. For other uses, see Pasco (disambiguation).

Pasco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpasko]; Quechua: Pasqu) is a department of Peru. It is located in the country's central highlands. It is administered by a regional government. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco.

Pasco Pasqu (Quechua)
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Pasco within Peru
Coordinates: 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

Political division

Map of provinces

The region is divided into 3 provinces (Spanish: 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.

Celebration in Oxapampa.

Provinces

The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

• Daniel Alcídes Carrión (Yanahuanca)
• Oxapampa (Oxapampa)
• Pasco (Cerro de Pasco)

Places of interest

• Cerro de la Sal
• El Sira Communal Reserve
• Gran Pajonal
• San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
• Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park
• Yanesha Communal Reserve

External links

• Gobierno Regional Pasco Archived 2005-11-23 at the Wayback Machine – Pasco Regional Government official website