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Cartavio (Peru)

Cartavio belongs to the district of Santiago de Cao, Ascope Province, in the department of La Libertad in Peru. It's coastal location is north of Lima, at a latitude of 753'S and longitude of 7913W and an altitude of 16m above sea level.

Sugar cane grows in the area and Cartavio has been home to the Cartavio Sugar Company since 1891. Once the site of rum production for the infamous Ron Cartavio (now produced in Aruba), currently the sugar mill prduces not only sugar but also up to 15 million litres of ethanol per year, which could be used buy petroleum companies to replace the lead in petrol and thereby reducing the emissions of air pollutants.

External links

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PE/13/Cartavio.html

http://www.micartavio.com/contenido/principal.html

http://www.micartavio.com/conociendo/geografia.html

http://archive.nacla.org/Summaries/V10I3P1-1.html

http://www.unep.org/cpi/briefs/Brief23Feb05.doc

http://www.roncartavio.com/english/index_musica.html

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