Choropampa District

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Choropampa
District
Choropampa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cajamarca
Province Chota
FoundedDecember 12, 1991
Capital Choropampa
Government
 •  Mayor Artemio Uriarte Vasquez
Area
 • Total
171.59 km2 (66.25 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,480
 • Density20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 060406
Website munichoropampa.gob.pe [ permanent dead link ‍]

Choropampa District is one of nineteen districts of the Chota Province, Peru. [1] It is located in the Northern Peruvian highlands and renowned for its gold reserves, with South America's largest goldmine operations.

An elemental mercury spill occurred in June 2000 along a road that passed through the three villages Choropampa, [2] Magdalena and San Juan from a truck contracted by Yanacocha mining; the Compliance/Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation /Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency investigated, as described in the 2006 exit report. [3]

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.
  2. ↑ The village still suffering from Peru mercury spill fallout – after 20 years The Guardian, 2020
  3. ↑ International Finance Corporation/ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (February 2006). "Exit Report Regarding two complaints filed with the CAO in relation to Minera Yanacocha Cajamarca, Peru" (PDF). International Finance Corporation/ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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