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Plaza de la Constitución Huancayo
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The Francisco Carle Airport at Jauja offers daily connections to Lima.

Huancayo
Peru
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Huancayo

Peru

Country
Peru
Population
364.7K
Coordinates
-12.07, -75.20
574th most populous city in the world

Huancayo is the capital of the Junín Region and Huancayo Province, in the central highlands of Peru, in the Mantaro Valley and is crossed by the Shullcas, Chilca and Mantaro rivers. It was founded as a reduction by the name Santísima Trinidad de Huancayo on 1 June 1572, by Don Jerónimo de Silva, a Spanish conquistador.

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