Pasco | |
Native Name: | Departamento de Pasco (Spanish) Pasqu suyu (Quechua) |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Coordinates: | -10.5°N -75.3°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Subdivisions |
Subdivision Name1: | 3 provinces and 28 districts |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Cerro de Pasco |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Pedro Ubaldo Polinar (2019–2022) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 25319.59 |
Elevation Footnotes: | (Capital) |
Elevation Max M: | 4380 |
Elevation Min M: | 256 |
Population Total: | 254065 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | UBIGEO |
Postal Code: | 19 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 063 |
Iso Code: | PE-PAS |
Website: | www.regionpasco.gob.pe |
Blank Name Sec1: | Principal resources |
Blank Info Sec1: | Lead, zinc, silver and coal. |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Percentage of Peru's GDP |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 1.04% |
Pasco (pronounced as /es/) is a department and region in central Peru. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco.
The region is divided into 3 provinces (Spanish; Castilian: provincias, singular: Spanish; Castilian: provincia), which are composed of 28 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: