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History:

The first inhabitants of the region were the Pumpos. When the Incas conquered the Pasco region they centered on the exploitation of the gold and silver mines. Among the Pumpos' settlements of those times there was one called Yauri near the Yauricocha lagoon. This population held its ground under the Inca domination and it is this settlement that eventually became the city of Cerro de Pasco.

The spanish population made a large mining camp. The ore was so abundant and so much of the metal was gathered for the Spanish Crown that Cerro de Pasco was given the tittle of "Wealthy Fortune".

In 1824, Bolívar went through Pasco with its army marching to meet Canterac in Junín. In 1841, during the temporary presidency of Manuel Meléndez, the missionary Manuel Plaza obtain an authorization to begin catechising thus clearing the way for christianity from Pasco to Pozuzo.

Cerro de Pasco holds the privilege of being the cradle of Daniel Alcides Carrión, the martir of Peruvian Medicine.