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Pocata Destination Guide

Discover Pocata in Peru

Pocata in the region of Moquegua is a town located in Peru - some 544 mi or ( 875 km ) South-East of Lima , the country's capital .

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Local time in Pocata is now 08:33 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Lima " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Putre, Iquique, Arica, Oruro, and La Paz. When in this area, you might want to check out Putre . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Pocata ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Estadio 25 de Noviembre

Estadio 25 de Noviembre is a multi-purpose stadium in Moquegua, Peru. It is currently used by football team Cobresol FBC. The stadium holds 21,000 people and was built in 2009.

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Located at -17.19 -70.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Football venues in Peru, Multi-purpose stadiums in Peru, Sports venues completed in 2009

Moquegua

Moquegua (founded as Villa de Santa Catalina de Guadalcázar del Valle de Moquegua) is a city in southern Peru, located in the Moquegua Region, of which it is the regional capital. It is also capital of Mariscal Nieto Province and Moquegua District. It is located 1144 kilometers south from the capital city of Lima.

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Located at -17.20 -70.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Moquegua Region

Mariscal Nieto Province

The Mariscal Nieto Province is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.

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Located at -17.20 -70.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Provinces of Peru

Toquepala mine

The Toquepala mine is a large porphyry copper mine in the Tacna Province, Tacna Department, Peru. The mine is an open-pit mine producing copper, molybdenum, rhenium and silver with minor gold and zinc. The Toquepala mine and the Ilo smelter were opened in 1960 by Southern Peru Copper Corporation, then a subsidiary of ASARCO. A Solvent extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW) facility was added in 1995.

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Located at -17.25 -70.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: ASARCO, Copper mines in Peru, Mining in Peru