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2 unusual facts about Cerro de Pasco


Cerro de Pasco

Gray Brechin notes that the mines of Cerro de Pasco were a chief source of wealth for William Randolph Hearst and his family.

Pedro Zulen

In 1919 he decided to run as a substitute delegate for Jauja province, but was arrested just before the election and sent to the regional capital, Cerro de Pasco, accused of anarchism and instigating rebellion amongst the peasantry.


Daniel Alcides Carrión

The Daniel Alcides Carrión National University (Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion) in Cerro de Pasco.

Pozuzo River

This basin departmental limit Huánuco is understood between the Yanachaka mountain range to the east and the line - Pasco, for the north-east the line provincial limit Oxapampa - Cerro de Pasco for the south-west.


see also

Ferrocarril Central Andino

Formerly a branch split off at Cerro de Pasco and ran into Pachitea Province in Huánuco region.