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Choropampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cajamarca
Province	Chota
Founded	December 12, 1991
Capital	Choropampa
Government
• Mayor	Artemio Uriarte Vasquez
Area
• Total	171.59 km (66.25 sq mi)
Elevation	2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
• Total	3,480
• Density	20/km (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	060406
Website	munichoropampa.gob.pe

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

An elemental mercury spill occurred in June 2000 along a road that passed through the three villages Choropampa, 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.

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.

External links

• "Peasants in Peru near showdown on mercury spill", Miami Herald, 5 March 2005.
• "The Curse of Inca Gold", Frontline/World, 30 min video and text, October 2005
• 'The Curse of Inca Gold': Mining Peru's Wealth, NPR's Day to Day, October 25, 2005

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