Chaupimarca District

Chaupimarca
Chawpimarka
District
Mining activities in Cerro de Pasco, the capital of the Chaupimarca district and the Pasco Region
Mining activities in Cerro de Pasco, the capital of the Chaupimarca district and the Pasco Region
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Country Peru
RegionPasco
ProvincePasco
FoundedNovember 27, 1944
CapitalCerro de Pasco
Area
 • Total
6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Elevation
4,338 m (14,232 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
29,101
 • Density4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO190101

Chaupimarca (hispanicized spelling from Quechua Chawpimarka, chawpi central, middle, marka village, "central village") is one of thirteen districts of the province Pasco in Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.


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