Huánuco is the capital of Peru's Huánuco Region and Huánuco District, at an elevation of about 1,880 meters where the Higueras river meets the Huallaga river. Spanish conquistador Gomez de Alvarado founded the city in 1539 on the site of an earlier Inca settlement, and it was relocated to its present site in the Pillco Valley in 1541. The 2017 census recorded a population of 196,627 in a metropolitan area spanning the districts of Huánuco, Amarilis, and Pillco Marca. Huánuco is noted for its mild, sunny climate, sometimes described locally as among the best in the world.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Huánuco (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 196,627 (2017)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Huánuco
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 1899.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 1899.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.75, -76.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.75, -76.25
-9.75 -76.25 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Huánuco - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3696417, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3696417, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-9.92882 -76.23989 P PPLA PE 10 1001 100101 196627 1795 America/Lima
Huánuco (Wikipedia)
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Huánuco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwanuko]; Quechua: Wanuku) is a city in central Peru.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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