Cerro de Pasco
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Place details
- Locality
- Chaupimarca
- Region
- Pasco
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 58,899
- Timezone
- America/Lima
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- Pasco
- Province
- Pasco
- Founded
- 20 October 1578
- Mayor
- Marco Antonio De la Cruz Bustillos, (2019-2022)
- Elevation
- 4,330 m (14,210 ft)
- Total
- 58,899
- Estimate 2015
- 66,272
- Demonym
- Cerreño (a)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1578
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Pasco Department
- Population
- +61046
- Elevation
- +4330
- Capital of
- Chaupimarca District
- Image
- DANZAS TIPOCAS DEL PERU POR FIESTAS PATRIAS 2022.jpg
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Article
Location of Cerro de Pasco and the Atacocha Mine Cerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru, located at the top of the Andean Mountains. It is the capital of both the Pasco Province and the Department of Pasco, and an important mining center of silver, copper, zinc and lead. At an elevation of 4,330 metres (14,210 ft), it is one of the highest cities in the world, and with a population of 58,899, it is the highest or the second highest city with over 50,000 inhabitants. The elevation reaches up to 4,380 metres (14,370 ft) in the Yanacancha area. The city has a very intense cold climate and it is connected by road and by rail (via Ferrocarril Central Andino) to the capital Lima, 300 kilometres (190 mi) away. Its urban area is formed by the districts of Chaupimarca, Yanacancha and Simón Bolívar.
Mining center