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Pasco Province

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Country
  
Peru

Website
  
www.munipasco.gob.pe

Region
  
Pasco Region

UBIGEO
  
1901

Area
  
4,759 km²

Capital
  
Cerro de Pasco

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The Pasco Province 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.

Contents

Map of Pasco Province, Peru

Boundaries

  • North: Huánuco Region
  • East: Oxapampa Province
  • South: Junín Region
  • West: Lima Region, Daniel A. Carrión Province
  • Geography

    The Waqurunchu mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Waqurunchu at 5,748 m (18,858 ft). Other mountain are listed below:

    Administrative division

    The province has an area of 4,758.57 square kilometers (1,837.29 sq mi) and is divided into thirteen districts.

  • Chaupimarca
  • Huachón
  • Huariaca
  • Huayllay
  • Ninacaca
  • Pallanchacra
  • Paucartambo
  • San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán
  • Simón Bolívar
  • Ticlacayán
  • Tinyahuarco
  • Vicco
  • Yanacancha
  • Population

    The province has an approximate population of 147,126 inhabitants (2005 census).

    References

    Pasco Province Wikipedia


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