Huancayo
capital city of Junín region, Peru
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Summary
Huancayo is a city[1]. Huancayo draws 1,712 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #639 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Huancayo District[3]
- Country: Peru[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mantaro River[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: San José[7], Chimbote[8]
- Postal code: 12000[9]
- Commons category: Huancayo[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[11]
- Local dialing code: 64[12]
- Inception: June 1, 1572[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Huancayo[14]
- Commons gallery: Huancayo[15]
- Population: 378,203[16], 450,900[17], 350,510[18], 279,836[19], 306,954[20], 164,954[21], 400,271[22], 364,725[23]
- Capital of: Junín Department[24], Huancayo Province[25], Huancayo District[26]
- Category for people born here: Q8076402[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Huancayo[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 3271 m[29]
- Area: 319 km²[30]
- Territory overlaps: Huancayo District[31], Chilca District[32], El Tambo District[33]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Huancayo[34]
Why It Matters
Huancayo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Huancayo is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]