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Encyclopedia Britannica



HUANUCO

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 845 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HUANUCO , a city of central Peru,
capital
  of a department, 170 M. N.N.E. of
Lima
  in a beautiful valley on the left bank of the Huallaga river, nearly 6000 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1906 estimate) about 6000. The town was founded in 1539 by
Gomez
 
Alvarado
 . Huanuco is celebrated for its fruits and sweetmeats, the " chirimoya " (Anona chirimolia) of this region being the largest and most delicious of its
kind
 .
Mining
  is one of the city's
industries
 . Huanuco was the
scene
  of one of the bloodthirsty massacres of which the Chileans were guilty during their occupation of Peruvian territory in 18811883. The department of lluanuco lies immediately N. of
Junin
 , with Ancachs on the W. and San Martin and Loreto on the N. and E. Pop. (1906 estimate) 108,980; area, 14,028 sq. in. It lies wholly in the
Cordillera
  region, and is traversed from S. to N. by the Maranon and Huallaga rivers.


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