La Oroya
San Jerónimo de la Oroya | |
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Town | |
      View of some rail stations and the city | |
  La Oroya | |
| Coordinates: 11°31′19″S 75°54′36″W / 11.522°S 75.910°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Junín |
| Province | Yauli |
| District | La Oroya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Saturnino Mc Gerson Camargo Zavala (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 388.42 km2 (149.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,745 m (12,287 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2015)[1] | 24,476 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Website | www.oroya.com.pe |
La Oroya is a city on the River Mantaro and capital of the Yauli Province, located in the Department of Junin in central Peru.[2] It is situated on the eastern watershed of the Andes at an altitude of 3,745 m, some 176 km east-north-east of the national capital, Lima. La Oroya is the location of a smelting operation that earned the town a place on the Blacksmith Institute's 2007 report on "The World's Worst Polluted Places".[3] It is also the eastern endpoint of the Central Highway of Peru (Carretera Central).
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Toponimia de La Oroya". Oroya.com.pe. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- ^ "The World's Worst Polluted Places, the Blacksmith Institute" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2012-08-11.