La Oroya District

La Oroya District is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in . It is a region that is rich in zinc, lead and copper.
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  • Locality with 11,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,897 metres (12,785 feet)
  • Description: district in Junín, Peru

La Oroya District

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Latitude
-11.6053° or 11° 36′ 19″ south
Longitude
-75.8567° or 75° 51′ 24″ west
Open location code
57W694VV+V8
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Uzbek—“La Oroya District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Uruya jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Cebuano: “La Oroya (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “La Oroya”
  • Chinese: “拉奧羅亞區”
  • Dutch: “La Oroya”
  • French: “La Oroya”
  • Georgian: “ლა-ოროიის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt La Oroya”
  • German: “La Oroya”
  • Italian: “distretto di La Oroya”
  • Italian: “Distretto di La Oroya”
  • Portuguese: “La Oroya”
  • Quechua: “Uruya distritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de La Oroya”
  • Swedish: “Distrito de La Oroya”
  • Swedish: “La Oroya”
  • Urdu: “لا اورویا ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “La Oroya tumani”

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