Morococha is a town in the

Morococha District Morococha District is one of ten districts of the province Yauli in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is ...

in the Yauli Province of the

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. It was the capital of the Morococha District until September 12, 2013, when the town of Nueva Morococha ( Spanish ''nuevo(a)'' new, "new Morococha") was established as the new capital of the district by Law No. 30081. Until 2005 - when

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built the

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railway - Morococha was famous for holding the most high-mountainous

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in the world - the branch of Morococha (

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), which passes at the height of above sea level. Morococha is near the city La Oroya.

Open pit mine

As of 2013, Morococha was the site of a planned

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to be operated by

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, a Chinese firm. A new town for the 5,000 residents of Morococha has been built about 6 miles away, but some residents were reported to be resisting location. The mine is projected to produce about 250,000 tons of copper a year for about 35 years.

Sports

Golf

Tuctu Golf Club The Tuctu Golf Club was a golf course located in Morococha Morococha is a town in the Morococha District in the Yauli Province of the Junín Region in Peru. It was the capital of the Morococha District until September 12, 2013, when the town o ...

Notes

{{reflist, refs= El Peruano, Normas Legales, 503237, Ley que establece la ubicación geográfica y la sede de la capital del distrito de Morococha en la provincia de Yauli, Departamento de Junín Cities in Peru