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ID: 7005832
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005832
Record Type:
administrative
Huancayo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 04 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -12.0667
decimal degrees
Long: 075 14 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -75.2333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in agricultural area of ancient habitation in central Peru; was on conquerer Pizarro's route; is the major commercial center of central Andes; famous for marketplace to which Amerindians come from surrounding departments.
Names:
Huancayo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Peru
(nation) (
P
)
............
Junín
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Huancayo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled since 16th cen.
city (
C
)
............
established 1823
regional capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
archiepiscopal see (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Huancayo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
517
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
517
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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