Huánuco Explained

Official Name:Huánuco
Other Name:Caballeros del León de Huánuco
Native Name:Wanuku
Pushpin Map:Peru
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Huánuco
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Huánuco
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:José Luis Villavicencio Guardia
(2019-2022)
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:15 August 1539
Founder:Gómez de Alvarado y Contreras
Pop Est As Of:2015
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:175068
Population As Of:2017
Population Total:196627
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:huanuqueño/a
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:-9.9295°N -76.2397°W
Elevation M:1880
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Huánuco (pronounced as /es/; Quechua: Wanuku) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017[2] 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

The city of Huánuco was founded by Spanish conquistador Gómez de Alvarado in 1539,[3] 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."[4]

Huánuco was the scene of one of the Chilean massacres during their occupation of Peruvian territory from 1881 to 1883.[3]

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 19130NaN0.

Education

Schools

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Notable people

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015 . Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática . March 2012 . 2015-06-03.
  2. Web site: 74.774 according to 2007 census: see . 3 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100605082210/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/censos2007/tabulados/ . 5 June 2010 . dead .
  3. Huánuco. 13. 845.
  4. Book: 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.) ]. 1879 . Tello . 180 . es . ... 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..