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Encyclopedia Britannica



JUNIN

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 556 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JUNIN , an interior department of central Peru, bounded N. by
Huanuco
 , E. by Loreto and
Cuzco
 , S. by Huancavelica, and W. by
Lima
  and Ancachs. Pop. (1906 estimate), 305,700. It lies wholly within the Andean zone and has an area of 23,353 sq. m. It is
rich
  in minerals, including silver, copper,
mercury
 , bismuth, molybdenum, lead and coal. The Huallaga and Man-taro rivers have their sources in this department, the latter in Lake Junin, or Chanchaycocha, 13,230 ft. above sea-level. The
capital
  of Junin is Cerro de Pasco, and its two
principal
  towns are Jauja and Tarma (pop., 1906, about 12,000 and 5000 respectively).


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