Marcona
District
Coat of arms of Marcona
Coat of arms
CountryPeru
RegionIca
ProvinceNazca
FoundedMay 10, 1955
CapitalSan Juan
Government
 • MayorJoel Roberto Rosales Pacheco
Area
 • Total1,955.36 km2 (754.97 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total11,570
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO110304
Websitemunimarcona.gob.pe

Marcona District is one of five districts of the province Nazca in Peru.[1] The district capital is San Juan de Marcona a port on the Pacific coast.

Marcona Mine

The major industry in the Marcona District is the Marcona Mine, an open-pit iron mine. The mine was acquired in 1992 by Shougang Corporation a state owned Chinese corporation which does business locally as Shougang Hierro Peru.[2][3]

Economy and history

In addition to mining, there is trade and commercial fishing.

In 1870, the Italian-born Peruvian geographer Antonio Raimnondi found the iron ore reserves. The first explorations of the zone in terms of ores and minerals were started in 1915.

Marcona District is the only area in Peru that mines iron ore and produces iron. The capital of the district San Juan de Marcona is located in Ica Region, Nazca Province. The exploitations of iron ore begun in 1953 in the bay of San Juan, in parts by the United States company Marcona Mining Company.[4]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Tensions Over Chinese Mining Venture in Peru" article by Simon Romero in The New York Times August 14, 2010, accessed August 14, 2010
  3. ↑ Info portal at InfoMine.Com
  4. ↑ "Recent History of Marcona (In Spanish)". MuniMarcona.Gob.PE.

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