La Oroya (English spelling)

Japanese: ラ・オロヤ(英語表記)La Oroya
La Oroya (English spelling)
A mining city in the Andes in the west of Junin Department, central Peru. Population 35,000 (1990). Located in the upper reaches of the Mantaro River, at an altitude of 3,825m. The city developed around the smelter established by the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company. It refines copper, zinc, silver and other ores from the Cerro de Pasco mine in the north, and the Morrococha and Casapalca mines in the west. In 1972 the smelter was nationalized and is now run by the state-run Centromín. [Tajima Hisashi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ペルー中部,フニン県の西部,アンデス山脈中にある鉱業都市。人口3万5000(1990)。マンタロ川の上流部にあり,標高3825m。セロ・デ・パスコ鉱業会社によって設立された精錬所を中心に発達した都市。北部のセロ・デ・パスコ鉱山,西部のモロコチャ鉱山,カサパルカ鉱山からの銅,亜鉛,銀などの鉱石を精錬する。1972年精錬所は国有化されて,国営セントロミンCentromín社によって経営されている。【田嶋 久】

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