La Oroya is a city on the River Mantaro and capital of the Yauli Province, located in the Department of Junin in central Peru. It is situated on the eastern...

La Oroya District is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in Peru. It is a region that is rich in zinc, lead and copper. One of the highest peaks...

governor due to the criminal conviction he received as a result of the La Oroya case. In October 2020, Pedro Castillo announced his presidential bid in...

in La Oroya, Peru until 2010, that had similar types of environmental challenges to those faced in Herculaneum, but on a larger scale. The La Oroya smelter...

Oroya is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), native to Peru. The genus is widespread in the Peruvian Andes. Oroya species are solitary, but sometimes...

780 ft). It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, La Oroya District, southeast of La Oroya. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province...

following year, Doe Run more than doubled in size with the purchase of the La Oroya smelter and Cobriza copper mine in Peru from state-controlled Centromin...

human health and the environment. AIDA's most notable work has been in La Oroya, Peru, where they have fought the poisoning of local people by heavy metals...

elevated levels of lead, copper, zinc, and sulfur dioxide in La Oroya, Peru. In 2007, La Oroya was listed by Blacksmith Institute as one of the "World's...

being Ernest Malinowski assisted by Edward Jan Habich. The line reached La Oroya by 1893 and Huancayo (346 km (215 mi)) in 1908. It is the second highest...

Galera Tunnel, the second highest railroad tunnel in the world. It reaches La Oroya, where it splits in two: the southern branch goes to Huancayo, while the...

estimated at 66,093 inhabitants in 2002. The capital of the province is La Oroya. The Paryaqaqa and Puwaq Hanka mountain ranges traverse the province. Some...

Reuters. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19. Fraser, Barbara (2009-07-01). "La Oroya's Legacy of Lead". Environmental Science & Technology. 43 (15): 5555–5557...

del Perú) runs inland from Callao and Lima across the Andes watershed to La Oroya and Huancayo. It is the second highest railway in the world (following...

Among them is the Junín Plateau that is located between the cities of La Oroya and Cerro de Pasco. The Mantaro Valley becomes wider before Jauja up to...

10 Puno  Peru 3819 12530 11 La Oroya  Peru 3745 12287 12 Oruro  Bolivia 3706 12158 13 Huancavelica  Peru 3676 12060 14 La Paz  Bolivia 3690 11975 Highest...

Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) to support the people who live in La Oroya, "one of the most polluted places on Earth". In 2024 she became the United...

de la fiebre de la Oroya y verruga peruana, Cuaderno de Historia, No. 80, 1995. First presented at I Congreso Nacional de Historia de la Ciencia y la Técnica...

Development Corporation, Ferrocarril Central Andino (Callao–Lima–La Oroya–Huancayo and La Oroya–Cerro del Pasco lines), Ferrocarril del sur de Peru (operated...

businessmen began to exploit. Around 1893, the construction of the train to La Oroya was completed, which would make the Morococha and Cerro de Pasco mines...

injured in a level-crossing collision between a bus and a freight train in La Oroya. 19 June – Two soldiers are convicted of raping nine teenagers in Manta...

on a natural bridge near kilometer 214.2 as it approaches the city of La Oroya.[citation needed] Aloba Arch, Chad Acacus Tedrart Arch, Libya Boatswain...

The city's rise began with the construction of a central railway Callao-La Oroya in 1908 and later extended from Lima to Huancayo in the early 1930s. The...

Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-09-10. "La Paz (Bolivia): Provinces & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and...

province of Lima, the road consists of a single tranche to the city of La Oroya, located in the province of Yauli, Junin. Currently the road of 173.66...

"Toxic talk and collective (in) action in a company town: The case of La Oroya, Peru". Social Problems 63.3 (2016): 431-446. online[dead link‍] Raianu...

unconformity. Its location is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south east of La Oroya town (a smelting centre of mining industry), 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the...

for so many decades. Several mining projects in Peru such as Yanacocha, La Oroya, Cerro de Pasco and Huarmey have experienced immense environmental damage...

Huancavelica, Pasco and Huánuco. Major cities along this line include Huancayo, La Oroya, Huancavelica and Cerro de Pasco. Another inactive line runs from Lima...

the command of Colonel Gregorio Relayze. They advanced to the region of La Oroya in the central mountains, an area where Cáceres had won several battles...