Cerro de Pasco
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Sunset at Cerro de Pasco. | |||
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  Cerro de Pasco Location of in Peru | |||
| Coordinates: 10°41′11″S 76°15′45″W / 10.68639°S 76.26250°W | |||
| Country |
 Peru | ||
| Region | Pasco Region | ||
| Province | Pasco Province | ||
| Demonym | Cerreno(a) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Jhoni Teodosio Ventura Rivadeneira | ||
| Elevation | 4,330 m (14,210 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Estimate (2015)[1] | 66,272 | ||
Cerro de Pasco (population 70,000) is a city in central Peru, located at the top of the Andean mountains. It is the capital of the Pasco region, and an important mining center. At 4,330 metres (14,210 ft) elevation, it is one of the highest cities in the world, and the highest or the second highest city with over 50,000 inhabitants, with elevation reaching up to 4,380 m in the Yanacancha area. It is connected by road and by rail to the capital Lima, as far as 300 km.
Mining center
It became one of the world's richest silver producing areas after silver was discovered there in 1630.[2] It is still an active mining center.
Gray Brechin notes that the mines of Cerro de Pasco were a chief source of wealth for William Randolph Hearst and his family.[3]
Geography
Climate
At 4,330 metres (14,210 ft) above sea level, Cerro de Pasco has an (E) Alpine Climate (the average temperature of the warmest month is lower than 10 °C (50 °F)). The city has humid summers, dry winters and chilly to cold temperatures throughout the year. Snowfalls can occur sometimes.
The average annual temperature in Cerro de Pasco is 5.5 °C and the average annual rainfall is 999 mm.
| Climate data for Cerro de Pasco | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.2 (54) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.28 (54.09) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−3.9 (25) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−1.2 (29.84) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 137 (5.39) |
151 (5.94) |
153 (6.02) |
80 (3.15) |
43 (1.69) |
14 (0.55) |
16 (0.63) |
26 (1.02) |
52 (2.05) |
98 (3.86) |
103 (4.06) |
126 (4.96) |
999 (39.32) |
| Source: Climate-data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cerro de Pasco". Encyclopædia Britannica 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 762. - ↑ Brechin, "Imperial San Francisco", 1999, University of California Press
- ↑ "Climate: Cerro de Pasco". Retrieved 5 September 2013.
Coordinates: 10°41′11″S 76°15′45″W / 10.68639°S 76.26250°W
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