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PASCO
 About 10,000 years ago, the first humans arrived to these regions. Long after, human groups appeared in Ranracancha (Yanahuanca). Between about 200 B:C: and 900 A:C:, the region was under the influence of the Wari Empire. After that culture´s decline, the Taramas, Huancas and Yarovilcas, invaded the South and center of the Cordillera. The silver and gold mines that gave the region its renoun, were already known and worked by the Incas when the Spaniards arrived.
By the mid 16th century, the profusion of these mines attracted many Spanish settlers who arrived there, accompanied by missionaries. Later on, it was these men who founded the villages of the Department of Pasco. In 1960, Pasco received the title of “Peru´s Mining Capital City”. |
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The Department of Pasco is situated in the central part of the country and its territory covers mountainous and jungle areas.
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To the North, Ucayali and Junín; to the East, Madre de Dios and Puno; to the South, Puno and Arequipa and to the West, Apurimac and Ayacucho.
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The altitude is of about 4,338 m. above sea level.
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At 4,000 m. above sea level, the climate is cold, with 15°C by day and less than 0°C at night. There are rains from November to March and on the highlands, winds blow after midday. The city of Cerro de Pasco has an annual average temperature of 4°C., with an average maximum temperature of 10°C. and a minimum of –11°C. In the Province of Oxapampa, the climate is tropical and in the city of the same name, the annual average temperature is of 18°C., counting that the maximum temperature is of 28°C. and the minimum, of 6°C.
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BY LAND :
Lima – Cerro de Pasco (296 Km.), using the Central Road, with a duration of 8 hours by car.
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