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1155:
97:
107:
1116:
1467:
76:
308:
408:
In the beginning of the 19th century, during the emancipation process, Huánuco was one of the first cities to promote Peru's independence. Moreover, a first oath took place in this city on
December 15, 1820, after several uprisings in Huamalíes, Huallanca and Ambo.
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and the High Jungle (mountain rim) regions. Being equidistant from the north and the south of the country, it has the privilege of having a mild weather with an average annual temperature of 20 °C (68 °F).
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1144:
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This region is important for its geographical location, history, and for the richness of its land, where the presence of man goes back to ancient times.
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394:) is among the most distinctive examples, dating from 10,000 BC, as well as Kotosh, where vestiges of the oldest settlement in the
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1122:
401:
Several ethnic groups inhabited this region. However, after a severe resistance, they started to incorporate as part of the
1130:
1511:
1237:
17:
1434:
1081:
589:. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Huánuco Region by province:
1449:
1670:
1481:
1177:
1104:
1561:
1342:
1586:
1392:
31:
1521:
1257:
336:
1665:
1541:
1297:
1062:
249:
106:
75:
1491:
1197:
1675:
1546:
1442:
1307:
1040:
1030:
1154:
1506:
1227:
1152:
1566:
1501:
1496:
1352:
1217:
1207:
512:
466:
417:
286:
96:
1536:
1287:
1601:
1422:
522:
608:
482:
1596:
1556:
1486:
1412:
1332:
1187:
542:
472:
462:
84:
1466:
348:
8:
1591:
1576:
1571:
1516:
1402:
1372:
1362:
1247:
502:
492:
1581:
1551:
1382:
1322:
1035:
552:
391:
344:
586:
1531:
1277:
1173:
598:
532:
1464:
1338:
616:
582:
578:
574:
426:
331:
49:
1470:
1158:
1088:
1066:
603:
66:
1358:
1293:
356:
516:
506:
1659:
1641:
1628:
1613:
1020:
452:
379:
368:
352:
1408:
1253:
360:
80:
55:
546:
526:
476:
402:
364:
1119:
Huanuco, the capital of the department, was founded on August 15, 1539.
556:
456:
1263:
496:
372:
163:
153:
1388:
1273:
1223:
1115:
1025:
1418:
1348:
1303:
1283:
1213:
1203:
1109:
395:
299:
259:
1328:
1193:
1318:
1233:
1183:
405:. Huánuco then became part of the Cusco-Cajamarca-Cusco route.
312:
237:
1398:
1368:
1243:
536:
486:
316:
1378:
1313:
1162:
1070:
340:
135:
577:, the language learned first by most of the residents was
359:
regions in the north, the
Ucayali Region in the east, the
1059:
307:
448:
The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
378:
Huánuco has a rough topography comprising parts of the
585:(28.56%). The Quechua variety spoken in Huánuco is
37:Department in 11 provinces and 76 districts, Peru
1657:
421:Map of the Huánuco region showing its provinces
1450:
1138:
371:regions in the west. Its capital is the city
195:36,848.85 km (14,227.42 sq mi)
126:Location of the Department of Huánuco in Peru
1457:
1443:
1145:
1131:
425:The region is divided into 11 provinces (
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416:
306:
1110:Official web site of the Huánuco region
437:), which are composed of 75 districts (
14:
1658:
1438:
1126:
1014:
412:
330:
24:
1091:INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
25:
1687:
1098:
1465:
1153:
120:
105:
95:
74:
593:
563:
1075:
1053:
13:
1:
1046:
203:3,839 m (12,595 ft)
145:11 provinces and 76 districts
568:
7:
1007:
1004:
1001:
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995:
992:
989:
986:
976:
973:
970:
967:
964:
961:
958:
955:
945:
942:
939:
936:
933:
930:
927:
924:
916:
913:
910:
907:
904:
901:
898:
895:
887:
884:
881:
878:
875:
872:
869:
866:
858:
855:
852:
849:
846:
843:
840:
837:
829:
826:
823:
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817:
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811:
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797:
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779:
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768:
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739:
736:
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721:
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698:
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681:
678:
675:
672:
669:
666:
663:
655:
652:
649:
646:
643:
640:
637:
634:
10:
1692:
1616:is not part of any region.
29:
1610:
1477:
1169:
295:
284:
276:
268:
258:
248:
236:
228:
220:
215:
207:
199:
191:
186:
174:
169:
159:
149:
141:
131:
119:
91:
73:
64:
48:Departamento de Huánuco (
42:
1041:Huayhuash mountain range
1031:El Sira Communal Reserve
613:Another native language
343:. It is bordered by the
300:www.regionhuanuco.gob.pe
211:167 m (548 ft)
32:Huánuco (disambiguation)
388:El Hombre de Lauricocha
1120:
430:
422:
398:(4200 BC) took place.
339:and region in central
328:Spanish pronunciation:
320:
200:Highest elevation
1118:
1105:Noticias de la Región
581:(70.92%) followed by
420:
363:in the south and the
310:
285:Percentage of Peru's
232:20/km (51/sq mi)
208:Lowest elevation
175: • Governor
1642:8.36306°S 76.31556°W
229: • Density
30:For other uses, see
1671:Departments of Peru
1647:-8.36306; -76.31556
1638: /
269:Principal resources
27:Departments of Peru
1323:Department of Lima
1121:
1087:2013-01-27 at the
1065:1997-04-12 at the
1015:Places of interest
423:
413:Political division
321:
221: • Total
192: • Total
1621:
1620:
1432:
1431:
1012:
1011:
621:Foreign language
573:According to the
332:[ˈwanuko]
305:
304:
182:
59:
16:(Redirected from
1683:
1653:
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1650:
1649:
1648:
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1634:
1631:
1469:
1459:
1452:
1445:
1436:
1435:
1339:Puerto Maldonado
1157:
1147:
1140:
1133:
1124:
1123:
1092:
1079:
1073:
1060:Official website
1057:
592:
591:
575:2007 Peru Census
334:
329:
311:Partial view of
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178:Rubén Alva Ochoa
124:
109:
99:
78:
47:
40:
39:
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571:
566:
415:
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244:
179:
127:
115:
114:
113:
112:
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102:
87:
69:
60:
53:
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38:
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28:
23:
22:
15:
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11:
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1666:Huánuco Region
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1579:
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777:Leoncio Prado
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18:Huánuco Region
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1614:Lima Province
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1562:Madre de Dios
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1343:Madre de Dios
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1021:Awkillu Waqra
1019:
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921:
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624:Deaf or mute
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513:Leoncio Prado
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260:ISO 3166 code
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54:Wanuku suyu (
51:
41:
33:
19:
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1526:
1522:Huancavelica
1267:
1258:Huancavelica
1254:Huancavelica
1161:capitals of
1077:
1055:
982:
951:
864:Puerto Inca
690:Huacaybamba
661:Dos de Mayo
572:
564:Demographics
447:
442:
441:, singular:
438:
434:
433:, singular:
424:
407:
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385:
377:
361:Pasco Region
323:
322:
277:Poverty rate
250:Dialing code
150:Largest city
142:Subdivisions
81:Siula Grande
1645: /
1542:La Libertad
1298:La Libertad
1174:Chachapoyas
1082:inei.gob.pe
893:Lauricocha
547:Puerto Inca
543:Puerto Inca
527:Huacrachuco
517:Tingo María
477:Huacaybamba
473:Huacaybamba
463:Dos de Mayo
403:Inca empire
345:La Libertad
181:(2015–2018)
1660:Categories
1633:76°18′56″W
1587:San Martín
1547:Lambayeque
1393:San Martín
1308:Lambayeque
1159:Department
1047:References
922:Yarowilca
719:Huamalies
557:Chavinillo
503:Lauricocha
431:provincias
392:Lauricocha
349:San Martín
337:department
216:Population
170:Government
67:Department
1630:8°21′47″S
1507:Cajamarca
1389:Moyobamba
1228:Cajamarca
1224:Cajamarca
1026:Awkimarka
835:Pachitea
609:Asháninka
595:Province
569:Languages
553:Yarowilca
483:Huamalíes
439:distritos
435:provincia
85:Huayhuash
1567:Moquegua
1502:Ayacucho
1497:Arequipa
1492:Apurímac
1482:Amazonas
1419:Pucallpa
1353:Moquegua
1349:Moquegua
1304:Chiclayo
1294:Trujillo
1284:Huancayo
1218:Ayacucho
1214:Ayacucho
1208:Arequipa
1204:Arequipa
1198:Apurímac
1178:Amazonas
1085:Archived
1063:Archived
977:711,418
968:504,560
956:203,211
806:Marañon
801:109,292
772:253,902
763:192,886
748:Huanuco
533:Pachitea
467:La Unión
443:distrito
396:Americas
390:(Man of
1612:Peru's
1602:Ucayali
1527:Huánuco
1423:Ucayali
1329:Iquitos
1268:Huánuco
1264:Huánuco
1194:Abancay
1008:100.00
946:30,028
937:11,633
925:18,308
917:32,948
908:29,481
888:28,541
879:25,541
859:55,830
850:29,415
838:26,229
830:24,541
821:18,367
792:99,915
751:60,281
743:61,670
734:28,511
722:32,873
714:18,919
693:14,920
685:43,634
676:26,102
664:17,399
656:52,113
647:38,840
635:13,141
617:Spanish
599:Quechua
583:Quechua
579:Spanish
523:Marañón
497:Huánuco
493:Huánuco
427:Spanish
373:Huánuco
357:Ucayali
335:) is a
324:Huánuco
315:in the
296:Website
224:730,871
164:Huánuco
160:Capital
154:Huánuco
132:Country
83:in the
56:Quechua
50:Spanish
44:Huánuco
1597:Tumbes
1557:Loreto
1512:Callao
1487:Áncash
1413:Tumbes
1409:Tumbes
1333:Loreto
1319:Huacho
1238:Callao
1234:Callao
1188:Ancash
1184:Huaraz
999:70.92
987:28.56
974:1,376
896:3,415
867:1,582
809:6,073
780:8,990
705:3,869
627:Total
604:Aymara
380:Sierra
369:Ancash
353:Loreto
313:Kotosh
264:PE-HUC
238:UBIGEO
1592:Tacna
1577:Piura
1572:Pasco
1537:Junín
1517:Cusco
1403:Tacna
1399:Tacna
1373:Piura
1369:Piura
1363:Pasco
1288:Junín
1248:Cuzco
1244:Cusco
1005:0.19
1002:0.01
996:0.13
993:0.10
990:0.08
952:Total
632:Ambo
537:Panao
507:Jesús
487:Llata
317:Andes
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