Huancayo

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Huancayo
Coordinates: 12 ° 4 ′  S , 75 ° 12 ′  W
Map: Peru
marker
Huancayo​
Huancayo on the map of Peru
Basic data
Country Peru
region Junín
province Huancayo
City foundation June 1, 1572
Residents 118,550  (2017)
- in the metropolitan area 456.250
City insignia
EscudoHYO.jpg
Flag of Huancayo.svg
Detailed data
surface 319 km 2
Population density 372 inhabitants / km 2
height 3271  m
Waters Río Mantaro
Post Code 12000
prefix +51 64
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Henry López Cantorín
Website www.munihuancayo.gob.pe
Huancayo Cathedral
Huancayo Cathedral

Santísima Trinidad de Huancayo , Huancayo for short (in Wanka-Quechua Wankayuq ), is a city in the South American state of Peru , capital of the Junín region and is located about 250 km east of Lima in the Andes (3259 m). In 2017, 118,550 people lived in the city. The agglomeration had 456,250 inhabitants. The patron saint of Huancayo is St. Trinity .

history

The area around today's Huancayo was inhabited by the Wanka (Huanca) until they were subjugated by the Inca around 1460 . When Francisco Pizarro attacked the Inca, the Wanka hoped to use this opportunity to shake off the yoke of Inca foreign rule and allied themselves with the Spaniards against the Inca. This collaboration is shown on the coat of arms of the city of Huancayo, which shows a Spanish style castle in the ( heraldic ) upper left field and the arm of a Wanka warrior with a bow and four arrows in the lower right field .

Huancayo was founded on June 1, 1572 by Jerónimo de Silva as "Pueblo de Indios" (village of the "Indian" population). Since the place was on an important road of the Inca Empire , Huancayo was determined to be the seat of the administration of a large encomienda and gradually developed into a city. In 1839, during the reign of Agustín Gamarra , the (fifth) constitution of the Republic of Peru was negotiated in the Church of La Merced in Huancayo and passed on November 10, 1839. On December 3, 1854, during the presidency of Ramón Castilla , the law was passed in Huancayo, which abolished slavery in Peru. In 1864 Huancayo became the provincial capital.

economy

Huancayo is a trading center for agricultural products, especially artichokes and wheat . The aquaculture with trout is becoming a mainstay. For national cultural and educational institutions , Huancayo is the most important city in Central Peru (apart from the agglomeration of Lima and Callao ).

Real Plaza Huancayo Shopping Center

Infrastructure

traffic

Rail transport

In terms of traffic, Huancayo is connected to the central coastal region and the southern provincial capital Huancavelica via a railway line built by the American Henry Meiggs since the 1880s (up to the end of July 2006, the highest standard-gauge railway line in the world: 4781 m above sea level near La Galera ; since August 2006, the highest standard-gauge railway line in the People's Republic of China has led from China to Tibet ). The railway line between Lima and Huancayo is operated monthly between April and November by two Ferrocarril Central Andino trains. The route, especially from Cerro de Pasco , La Oroya and Morococha (three major mining centers in the central Andes) is also used daily by freight trains loaded with minerals.

Road traffic

Huancayo is very well connected to the national highway network. Tour buses go to almost all cities in the country.

Air traffic

The national airport is located around 40 km northwest of Huancayo in the small town of Jauja . It is served by the LC Perú and Star Perú lines . LAN Perú planned to open the destination in the second half of 2011. Peruvian Airlines is building a hangar in Jauja. The goal of the Peruvian government is to develop Jauja into an international airport for central Peru.

population

District
 Area
km² * 		Population
inhabitants *
Chilca district 8.3 77,392 *
El Tambo district 73.56 146,847 *
Huancayo District 237.55 112,054 *
Huancayo agglomeration 319.41 336,293 *
* INEI data

If you add the peri-urban surrounding communities of San Agustín, Pilcomayo, Huancán, and Sapallanga - the Huancayo agglomeration already extends over these municipalities - the population in the urban region of Huancayo is just over 400,000.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Huancayo  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peru: Junín Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico (PDF, 27.4 MB) Instituo Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI). August 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ Huancayo celebra Festividad en honor a la Santisima Trinidad. Pobladores participan de rituales de su patrono , Agencia Peruana de Noticias, June 17, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Duccio Bonavia: Perú. Hombre e historia , vol. 1: De los orígenes al siglo XV . Lima 1991, p. 509.
  5. ^ Domingo García Belaunde: Las Constituciones del Perú . 2nd, reviewed and expanded edition, Lima, 2005, p. 292.
  6. ^ Carlos Ramos Núñez: Historia del derecho civil peruano. Siglos XIX y XX , Vol. 5: Los signos del cambio , Part 2: Las instituciones . Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Fondo Editorial, Lima 2000, ISBN 9972-42-345-X , p. 34.
  7. ↑ http://semanaeconomica.com/articulos/65879-lan-peru-planea-implementar-nuevas-rutas-locales-desde-el-segundo-semestre  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SEMANAeconomica.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / semanaeconomica.com  
  8. ↑ http://diariocorreo.pe/nota/7400/ministro-cornejo-aeropuerto-de-jauja-sera-internacional/ diariocorreo.pe