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Cerro de Pasco
Sunset at Cerro de Pasco.
Sunset at Cerro de Pasco.
Official seal of Cerro de Pasco
Cerro de Pasco is located in Peru
Cerro de Pasco
Cerro de Pasco
Location of in Peru
Coordinates: 10°41′11″S 76°15′45″W / 10.68639°S 76.26250°W / -10.68639; -76.26250
CountryCerro de Pasco Peru
RegionPasco
ProvincePasco
Founded20 October 1578
Government
 • MayorMarco Antonio De la Cruz Bustillos
(2019-2022)
Elevation
4,330 m (14,210 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total58,899
 • Estimate 
(2015)[1]
66,272
DemonymCerreño (a)
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 or 14,370 feet 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 or 190 miles away. Its urban area is formed by the districts of Chaupimarca, Yanacancha and Simón Bolívar.

  1. ^ Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

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