San Juan de Marcona is the capital

Capital City

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 of the Marcona District

Marcona District

Marcona District is one of five districts of the province Nazca in Peru. 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...

 of Nazca Province

Nazca Province

The Nazca Province is one of five provinces of the Ica Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Nazca.- Political division :The Nasca Province is divided into five districts , each of which is headed by a mayor :...

, Ica Region

Ica Region

Ica is a region in Peru. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Lima Region on the north; the Huancavelica and Ayacucho regions on the east; and the Arequipa Region on the south. Its capital is the city of Ica.- Geography :...

, Peru

Peru

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. It is a mining, commercial, port, and fishing town, with a population of approximately 20,000 inhabitants.

Pacific Ocean terminal of the Interoceanic Highway

Marcona is the northernmost of the 3 ports which comprise the Peruvian termini of the Interoceanic Highway

Interoceanic Highway

The Interoceanic Highway or Trans-oceanic highway is an international, transcontinental highway in Peru and Brazil that is conecting the two coutries . It entails the renovation and construction of roughly 2,600 kilometers of roads and 22 bridges...

 which is being constructed to link the state of Acre

Acre

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, in the Amazon Basin

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

 in Brazil

Brazil

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, across the Andes

Andes

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 to the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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Marcona Mine

The major industry in the Marcona District is the Marcona Mine and open-pit

Open-pit mining

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 iron mine acquired in 1992 by Shougang Corporation a state owned Chinese corporation which does business locally as Shougang Hiero Peru.