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65 relations: Administrative divisions of Peru, Afro-Peruvian, Altiplano, Asháninka Communal Reserve, Asháninka language, Ayacucho Quechua, Ayacucho Region, Aymara language, Battle of Junín, Canyon, Cerro de Pasco, Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary, Chanchamayo Province, Chupaca, Chupaca Province, Concepción Province, Peru, Concepción, Junín, Cordillera, Cusco Region, Ene River, Highland, Huanca people, Huancavelica Region, Huancayo, Huancayo Province, Huaytapallana mountain range, Inca Empire, Jauja, Jauja Province, Junín Province, Junín, Peru, Jungle, La Merced, Junín, La Oroya, Lake, Lake Junin, Lima Region, Mantaro River, Mantaro Valley, Mount Toromocho, Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve, Otishi National Park, Pachacuti, Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary, Pasco Region, Perené River, Peruvian Amazonia, Plateau, Quechuan languages, Ramón Castilla, ..., Satipo (town), Satipo Province, Simón Bolívar, Spanish language, Tarma, Tarma Province, Ticlio, Topography, Tropics, Ucayali Region, Wanka Quechua, Wet season, Yaru Quechua, Yauli Province, 2007 Peru Census. Expand index (15 more) »
Administrative divisions of Peru
The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time, since the nation gained independence from Spain in the early 19th century.
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Afro-Peruvian
Afro-Peruvians (also Afro Peruvians) are citizens of Peru descended from Africans who were enslaved and brought to the Western hemisphere with the arrival of the conquistadors towards the end of the slave trade.
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Altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla"), Andean Plateau or Bolivian Plateau, in west-central South America, is the area where the Andes are the widest.
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Asháninka Communal Reserve
The Asháninka Communal Reserve (Reserva Comunal Asháninka) is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region, Satipo Province, Río Tambo District.
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Asháninka language
Asháninka (sometimes referred to as Campa, although this name is derogatory) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of Peru and Acre, Brazil.
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Ayacucho Quechua
Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants from Ayacucho in Lima.
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Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho is a region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country.
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Aymara language
Aymara (Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes.
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Battle of Junín
The Battle of Junín was a military engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on August 6, 1824.
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Canyon
A canyon (Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.
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Cerro de Pasco
Cerro de Pasco (population 70,000) is a city in central Peru, located at the top of the Andean mountains.
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Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary
Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary (Spanish: Santuario Histórico de Chacamarca), is a historical site in Junín Province, Junín, Peru.
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Chanchamayo Province
Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua chanchay to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, chancha chancha to walk quickly and irregularly, shancha a kind of bird, mayu river) is a province in northern Junín Region, in central Peru.
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Chupaca
Chubaca is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Chupaca in the region Junín.
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Chupaca Province
Chupaca Province, located in Central Peru, is one of the nine provinces that compose the Junín Region, bordering to the north with the Concepción Province, to the east with the Huancayo Province, to the south with the Huancavelica Region and to the west with the Lima Region.
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Concepción Province, Peru
Concepción Province is one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru.
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Concepción, Junín
Concepción is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Concepción in the region Junín.
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Cordillera
A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges.
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Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (Qusqu suyu), is a region in Peru.
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Ene River
The Ene River (Spanish: Río Ene) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.
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Highland
Highlands or uplands are any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau.
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Huanca people
The Huancas, Wancas, or Wankas are a Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley.
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Huancavelica Region
Huancavelica is a region in Peru with an area of and a population of 454,797 (2007 census).
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Huancayo
Huancayo (in Wanka Quechua: Wankayuq, '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru.
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Huancayo Province
Huancayo Province is located in Peru.
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Huaytapallana mountain range
The Huaytapallana mountain range (possibly from Quechua wayta wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, pallay to collect, pallana an instrument to collect fruit; collectable, Waytapallana "a place where you collect wild flowers") lies in the Junín Region in the Andes of Peru.
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, "The Four Regions"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.
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Jauja
Jauja (Shawsha Wanka Quechua: Shawsha or Shausha, formerly in Spanish Xauxa, with pronunciation of "x" as "sh") is a city and capital of Jauja Province in Peru.
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Jauja Province
Jauja Province is a Peruvian province.
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Junín Province
Junín Province is a province in northwestern Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru.
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Junín, Peru
Junín is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Junín in the region Junín.
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Jungle
A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation dominated by trees.
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La Merced, Junín
La Merced, Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua chanchay to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, chancha chancha to walk quickly and irregularly, shancha a kind of bird, mayu river) is the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín Region in Peru.
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La Oroya
La Oroya is a city of about 33,000 people on the River Mantaro in central Peru.
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
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Lake Junin
Lake Junin (Spanish Lago Junín, named after the nearby town of Junin) or Chinchaycocha (possibly from Quechua chincha, chinchay north, northern, chinchay ocelot, qucha lake, lagoon, "northern lake" or "ocelot lake") is the largest lake entirely within Peruvian territory.
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Lima Region
Lima Region is located in the central coast of the country, its regional seat (capital city) is Huacho.
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Mantaro River
The Mantaro River (Río Mantaro, Hatunmayu) is a long river running through the central region of Peru.
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Mantaro Valley
The Mantaro Valley, is a fluvial inter-Andean valley of Junin region, east of Lima, the capital of Peru.
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Mount Toromocho
Mount Toromocho, meaning in Spanish "a bull with no horns", is a mountain in the Junín Region, Peru that sits next to the long established mining camp of Morococha and hosts a large polymetallic metal deposit.
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Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve (Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas) is a protected area in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province and in the Junín Region, Jauja Province.
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Otishi National Park
The Otishi National Park (Parque Nacional Otishi) is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region (84,5%), Junín Province and Satipo Province, Río Tambo District and in the Cusco Region (15,5%), La Convención Province, Echarate District.
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Pachacuti
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui or Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki (Quechua) was the ninth Sapa Inca (1418–1471/1472) of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu).
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Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary
The Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary (Santuario Nacional Pampa Hermosa) is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region, Chanchamayo Province, Chanchamayo District and in the Tarma Province, Huasahuasi District.
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Pasco Region
Pasco is a region in central Peru.
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Perené River
The Perené River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.
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Peruvian Amazonia
The Peruvian Amazonia (Amazonía del Perú) is the area of the Amazon rainforest included within the country of Peru, from east of the Andes to the borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.
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Plateau
In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.
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Quechuan languages
Quechua, usually called Runasimi ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America.
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Ramón Castilla
Ramón Castilla y Marquesado (31 August 1797 – 30 May 1867) was a Peruvian caudillo who served as President of Peru three times as well as the Interim President of Peru (Revolution Self-proclaimed President) in 1863.
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Satipo (town)
Satipo is a town in central Peru, in Satipo District, Satipo Province in Junín Region.
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Satipo Province
File:Zoo in Satipo, Peru.jpg File:Banana Farm, Satipo Peru.jpg File:Public Lands Bridge, Satipo Peru.jpg File:Jungle Overview, Satipo Peru.jpg File:Typical Farm, Satipo Peru.jpg Satipo Province (Provincia de Satipo) is the largest and easternmost province in the Junín Region, located in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.
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Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.
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Spanish language
Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.
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Tarma
Santa Ana de la Ribera de Tarma is the capital city of Tarma Province in Junín Region, Perú.
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Tarma Province
The Tarma Province is a Peruvian province, making up one of the nine provinces that conform the Junín Region.
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Ticlio
Ticlio (or Anticona) is a mountain pass and the highest point of the central road of Peru (km 120), in the Andes mountains, reaching a height of.
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Topography
Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.
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Tropics
The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.
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Ucayali Region
Ucayali is an inland region in Peru.
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Wanka Quechua
Wanka Quechua is a variety of the Quechua language, spoken in the southern part of Peruvian region of Junín by the Huancas.
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Wet season
The monsoon season, is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
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Yaru Quechua
Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.
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Yauli Province
The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in Peru that form the Junín Region.
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2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junín_Region
