La Rinconada
Sign in to savetown in Peru, considered highest elevated human settlement in the world
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Place details
- Locality
- La Rinconada
- Region
- Puno
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 29,678
- Timezone
- America/Lima
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- Puno
- Province
- San Antonio de Putina
- District
- Ananea
- Elevation
- 5,100 m (16,700 ft)
- Total
- 29,678
- Demonym
- Rinconero(a)
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00 ( PET )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- La Rinconada
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Ananea District
- Population
- +16907
- Elevation
- +5300
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Image
- Rinconadapuno.JPG
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- P1889
- La Rinconada
- P1056
- zinc
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Article
La Rinconada is a town in the Peruvian Andes near a gold mine. At up to 5,100 m (16,700 ft; 3.2 mi) above sea level, it is the highest permanent settlement in the world.
Between 2001 and 2009, the population was estimated by National Geographic to have increased to 30,000 people from a small gold prospector camp because the price of gold rose 235% over that period, although this number has not been reflected by the 2007 or 2017 censuses.