Department of Junín
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Junín
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Coordinates: 11°29′S 74°59′W / 11.48°S 74.98°W | |
Country | Peru |
Subdivisions | 9 provinces and 123 districts |
Capital | Huancayo |
Government | |
• Governor | Zósimo Cárdenas Muje (2023–actuality) |
Area | |
• Total | 44,197.23 km2 (17,064.65 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 4,818 m (15,807 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,246,038 |
• Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
UBIGEO | 12 |
Dialing code | 064 |
ISO 3166 code | PE-JUN |
Principal resources | Potato, coffee, fruit, silver, zinc, lead. |
Website | www.regionjunin.gob.pe |
Junín (Spanish pronunciation:
Geography
The region has a very heterogeneous
The
The
It is rich in minerals, including silver, copper, mercury, bismuth, molybdenum, lead and coal.[1]
Boundaries
The Junín Region borders the regions of
Climate
The Junín Region has an average annual temperature of 13.1 °C (56 °F), a maximum high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a minimum low of 0 °C (32 °F).
The
Political division
The region is divided into nine provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 123 districts (distritos, singular: distrito). The provinces and their capitals are:
Province | Seat | |
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Chanchamayo | Chanchamayo | |
Chupaca | Chupaca | |
Concepción | Concepción | |
Huancayo | Huancayo | |
Jauja | Jauja | |
Junín | Junín | |
Satipo | Satipo | |
Tarma | Tarma | |
Yauli | La Oroya |
Demographics
Languages
According to the
Province | Quechua | Aymara | Asháninka | Another native language | Spanish | Foreign language | Deaf or mute | Total |
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Chupaca | 3,162 | 17 | 9 | 135 | 45,616 | 2 | 80 | 49,021 |
Concepción | 3,986 | 18 | 8 | 47 | 52,293 | 5 | 113 | 56,470 |
Chanchamayo | 14,723 | 131 | 5,965 | 729 | 136,580 | 17 | 201 | 158,346 |
Huancayo | 52,904 | 286 | 119 | 494 | 386,622 | 84 | 428 | 440,937 |
Jauja | 1,903 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 84,776 | 3 | 170 | 86,906 |
Junín | 4,418 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 24,254 | - | 20 | 28,724 |
Satipo | 18,433 | 264 | 30,945 | 6,148 | 122,661 | 19 | 186 | 178,656 |
Tarma | 5,657 | 24 | 9 | 57 | 100,309 | 11 | 150 | 106,217 |
Yauli | 1,826 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 45,050 | 6 | 36 | 46,980 |
Total | 107,012 | 818 | 37,072 | 7,663 | 998,161 | 147 | 1,384 | 1,152,257 |
% | 9.29 | 0.07 | 3.22 | 0.67 | 86.63 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 100.00 |
History
Until the arrival of the
Woolen mills (known in Spanish as "obrajes" or "mills") were created during the viceroyalty, where the tissue and its craft became a tradition that continues today. On September 13, 1825,
Places of interest
- Asháninka Communal Reserve
- Chacamarca Historical Sanctuary
- Convent of Santa Rosa de Ocopa
- Gran Pajonal
- Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
- Otishi National Park
- Pampa Hermosa Reserved Zone
Sources
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Junin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 556. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
- Gobierno Regional Junín – Junín Regional Government official website