Cerro de Pasco (English spelling)

Japanese: セロ・デ・パスコ(英語表記)Cerro de Pasco
Cerro de Pasco (English spelling)
The capital of Pasco Department in central Peru. A mining town in the Andes Mountains. Population 77,700 (1990). Altitude 4,330m. Home to a large ore-dressing plant for the Cerro de Pasco mine. Most of the ore is transported to La Oroya, 130km south, for smelting. Silver deposits were discovered in 1630, and mining began in 1660, but the mine was closed in the mid-19th century when it was exhausted. It was reopened with the construction of a railroad in 1902, and open-cut mining of copper, zinc, lead, etc. is now underway. [Tajima Hisashi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ペルー中部パスコ県の県都。アンデス山中の鉱山都市。人口7万7700(1990)。標高4330m。セロ・デ・パスコ鉱山の大規模な選鉱場がある。鉱石の大部分は南130kmにあるラ・オロヤに運ばれ製錬される。1630年に銀鉱床が発見され,60年から採掘されたが,19世紀中ごろに掘りつくして閉山。1902年に鉄道が建設されて再開され,銅,亜鉛,鉛などの露天掘りが行われている。【田嶋 久】

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