Choropampa District

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| name = Choropampa

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| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = District

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| map_caption = Location of Choropampa in the Chota Province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Cajamarca

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Chota

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = para

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| established_title = Founded

| established_date = December 12, 1991

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Choropampa

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Artemio Uriarte Vasquez

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 171.59

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| elevation_m = 2850

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 3480

| population_as_of = 2005 census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = PET

| utc_offset1 = -5

| blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO

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| website = [http://www.munichoropampa.gob.pe munichoropampa.gob.pe]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Choropampa District is one of nineteen districts of the Chota Province, Peru.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}. Retrieved April 11, 2008. It is located in the Northern Peruvian highlands and renowned for its gold reserves, with South America's largest goldmine operations.

An elemental mercury spill occurred in June 2000 along a road that passed through the three villages Choropampa,[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/02/the-village-still-suffering-from-peru-mercury-spill-fallout-after-20-years The village still suffering from Peru mercury spill fallout – after 20 years] The Guardian, 2020 Magdalena and San Juan from a truck contracted by Yanacocha mining; the Compliance/Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation /Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency investigated, as described in the 2006 exit report.{{cite web | url=http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/document-links/documents/Exitreportenglish02-7-06-final.pdf | title=Exit Report Regarding two complaints filed with the CAO in relation to Minera Yanacocha Cajamarca, Peru | publisher=International Finance Corporation/ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | date=February 2006 | accessdate=5 May 2016 | author=International Finance Corporation/ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | pages=8 | archive-date=26 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226175805/http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/cases/document-links/documents/Exitreportenglish02-7-06-final.pdf | url-status=dead }}