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

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  (2025)
• Total	253,223
• Density	10.0011/km2 (25.9027/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]; 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.

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