General Data
Location: Center of Perú.
Area: 25 320 km2
Capital: Cerro de Pasco (4338 masl)
Altitude
Minimum: 256 masl (Puerto Bermudez)
Maximum: 4380 masl (Cajamarquilla)
Relief:
Pasco has a varied relief that includes high plateaus and cold
mountains and the high jungle towards the east. Its territory
is marked by the presence of both flanks of the chain of the Andes,
the Western Mountain chain and the Oriental one. The capital of
the department, Pasco's hill, is located in the Plateau of Chocolate,
an extensive plain that extends up to Junín's department.
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