Huánuco
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|official_name = Huánuco
|other_name = Caballeros del León de Huánuco
|native_name = Wanuku
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| photo2a = Puente Calicanto - panoramio.jpg
| photo2b = Edifici a la confluència entre el jirón 28 de julio i el pasaje la Merced de Huánuco.jpg
| photo3a = Catedral de Huánuco des de la plaza de Armas.jpg
| photo3b = Parque Santo Domingo, Huánuco.jpg
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|leader_title =Mayor
|leader_name = José Luis Villavicencio Guardia
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 15 August 1539
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|founder = Gómez de Alvarado y Contreras
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Huánuco ({{IPA|es|ˈwanuko}}; {{langx|qu|Wanuku}}) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017{{Cite web |url=http://desa.inei.gob.pe/censos2007/tabulados/ |title=74.774 according to 2007 census: see |access-date=3 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605082210/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/censos2007/tabulados/ |archive-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead }} and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The metropolitan city of Huanuco is 170,000 hab (2011, urban pop, INEI). It has three districts, Huanuco (head), Amarilis, and Pillco Marca. In this city, the Higueras river meets the Huallaga river, one of the largest rivers in the country.
History
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File:Huánuco in 1615 by Guamán Poma.jpg painter Guamán Poma.]]
File:Plaza de Huánuco con la Iglesia de San Sebastian al fondo.jpg
The city of Huánuco was founded by Spanish conquistador Gómez de Alvarado in 1539,{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Huánuco|volume=13|page=845}} in the Inca town of the Yarowilca clan, Wanako. In 1541, the city was moved to its current location in the Pillco Valley.
The indigenous chronicler Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamaygua notes that during the Inca Empire, Pillco was a significant source of Aclla nuns for the capital city of Cusco, stating, "...there were maidens from all nations, especially from three, namely: Cusco and its territory, the Chachapoyas, and Pillco, which they now call Guánuco."{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbJS7zAK8BoC |title=Tres relaciones de antigüedades peruanas: Publícalas el Ministerio de fomento. [Inh.:] Santillan, Fernando de: Relacion del orígen, descendencia, política y gobierno de los incas. (S. 1 - 133.) Relacion de las costumbres antiguas de los naturales del Pirú. Anónima. (S. 135 - 227.) Pachacuti, Joan de Santacruz: Relacion de antigüedades deste reyno del Pirú. (S. 229 - 328.) |date=1879 |publisher=Tello |page=180 |language=es |quote=... había doncellas de todas las naciones y principalmente de tres, á saber: del Cuzco y su territorio, de las Chachapoyas, y de las de Pillco, que agora llaman Guánuco.}}
Huánuco was the scene of one of the Chilean massacres during their occupation of Peruvian territory from 1881 to 1883.
Geography
=Climate=
Huánuco has a mild semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The temperatures are pleasant throughout the year with very warm days and comfortable nights due to its elevation of {{convert|1913|m|ft|0|disp=or}}.
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|Jan high C = 26.1
|Feb high C = 26.0
|Mar high C = 25.9
|Apr high C = 26.8
|May high C = 27.1
|Jun high C = 26.5
|Jul high C = 26.2
|Aug high C = 26.7
|Sep high C = 27.0
|Oct high C = 27.0
|Nov high C = 27.0
|Dec high C = 26.2
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|Jan mean C = 20.7
|Feb mean C = 20.7
|Mar mean C = 20.6
|Apr mean C = 20.8
|May mean C = 20.5
|Jun mean C = 19.6
|Jul mean C = 19.0
|Aug mean C = 19.6
|Sep mean C = 20.5
|Oct mean C = 21.0
|Nov mean C = 21.3
|Dec mean C = 20.7
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|Jan low C = 15.3
|Feb low C = 15.4
|Mar low C = 15.2
|Apr low C = 14.8
|May low C = 13.9
|Jun low C = 12.6
|Jul low C = 11.7
|Aug low C = 12.5
|Sep low C = 13.9
|Oct low C = 14.9
|Nov low C = 15.6
|Dec low C = 15.2
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 53.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 59.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 76.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 34.4
|May precipitation mm = 11.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 5.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 4.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 6.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 12.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 43.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 50.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 70.0
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|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020
| publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru
| access-date = 17 June 2024}}
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Education
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Notable people
- Mariano Ignacio Prado - President and General, born in 1825.
- Leoncio Prado - Colonel and hero; fought in Cuba and against the Chilean invasion after The War of the Pacific.
- Javier Pulgar Vidal - Famous geographer, born in Panao Province.
- Daniel Alomía Robles - Musical composer and ethnologist born in 1871, famous for El Cóndor Pasa
- Johan Fano- Professional football player
- Beker Fabian - poet and writer
Transportation
It is served by the Alférez FAP David Figueroa Fernandini Airport. One of the main highways of the country passes by Huanuco, connecting Lima-Callao with Tingo Maria and Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazonia.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
See also
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721182249/http://www.regionhuanuco.com/ Noticias de Huanuco]
- [http://www.webhuanuco.com Huanuco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410215339/http://www.webhuanuco.com/ |date=10 April 2021 }}
- [http://www.huanucosvip.com Huánuco Súper VIP]
- [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07506a.htm Huánuco] - Catholic Encyclopedia article
{{Large cities of Peru}}
{{Regional capitals of Peru}}
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Category:Populated places in the Department of Huánuco
Category:Populated places established in 1539