Pasco () is a department and

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in central

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. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco.

Political division

The region is divided into 3 provinces (, singular: ), which are composed of 28 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). Oxapampa peru

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
– Pasco Regional Government official website Pasco Pasco {{Pasco-geo-stub