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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
Described at
ICMM - Global Mining Dataset: Understanding the global distribution of mining and metals facilities
Demand for minerals is rising, but debates on mining and metals' impact are stalled by fragmented data. ICMM is undertaking a multi-year initiative to build comprehensive, transparent datasets, starting with a global overview of mining and processing facilities.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- La Rinconada
- Population
- 16907
- Elevation
- 5300
- Image
- Rinconadapuno.JPG
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- Commons category
- La Rinconada, Puno
- postal code
- 51
- native label
- La Rinconada
- described at URL
- www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset
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Travel guide
Get in
From Puno it's a six-hour bus ride on unpaved roads to La Rinconada.
Get around
Walking is the only way of getting around within the town. Roads are not paved and are generally very muddy, so make sure you have proper boots.
Stay safe
The town suffers from mercury and cyanide poisoning due to the mining activities and there is no sewerage system.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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.