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Huánuco

capital city of Huánuco, Peru
City Q504394

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, big city[5]
Inception
August 15, 1539[6]

Location

Country
Peru[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -9.929°, -76.240°
Located in or next to body of water
Huallaga River[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Huanuco Department[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+1880[14]
Population
+196627, +148665[7][8]
More facts +4
Capital of
Huanuco Department, Huánuco Province, Huánuco District[10][11][12]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
Different from
Huánuco[13]
Territory overlaps
Huánuco District, Amarilis District, Pillco Marca[15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Huanuco en Huánuco ar هانوكو de Huanuco el Ουάνουκο es Huanuco es huanuqueño fa اوانوکو fi Huanuco fr Huanuco he וואנוקו hi वानुको ja ワヌコ ko 우아누코 pl Huanuco ro Huanuco ru Уануко ru Хуануко sv Huanuco th วานูโก
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
138408967
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83017714
GND ID
4222836-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Huánuco Plaza Fountain by Night.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
ee2870f6-8532-4b5c-828b-58255f95fffa
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12270071r
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnl00038492
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--8522
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Huanuco-Peru
Freebase ID
/m/055cd8
GNS Unique Feature ID
-348660
GeoNames ID
3696417
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1024509
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Huánuco
J9U entity ID
987007564402005171
OpenStreetMap node ID
272401474
Quora topic ID
Huánuco-Peru
SNARC ID
Göppingen
Topic's main category
Category:Huánuco
UN/LOCODE
PEHUU
Who's on First ID
890445055

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🔗 Connections
People born here 8
Mariano Ignacio Prado, Daniel Alomía Robles, Luis Reyna, Irven Ávila, Johan Fano, Víctor Joy Way, Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez, Gianfranco Espinoza
Contained subdivisions 4
Kotosh, Estadio Heraclio Tapia, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Universidad de Huánuco
← Headquarters location 4
León de Huánuco, Roman Catholic Diocese of Huánuco, Alianza Huánuco, Diario Ahora
Capital of 3
Huanuco Department, Huánuco Province, Huánuco District
Territory overlaps 3
Amarilis District, Huánuco District, Pillco Marca
← Capital 3
Huanuco Department, Huánuco Province, Huánuco District
Instance of 2
city, big city
Country 1
Peru
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Different from 1
Huánuco
Located in or next to body of water 1
Huallaga River
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Huanuco Department
SNARC ID 1
Göppingen
Topic's main category 1
Category:Huánuco
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Huánuco
← Country of origin 1
tocosh
← Place served by transport hub 1
Alférez FAP David Figueroa Fernandini Airport
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Summary

Huánuco is a city[1].

Related Entities

city Peru Universidad de Huánuco Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 2017 Peru Census. Retrieved . inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 2007 Peru Census. Retrieved . inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Huanuco Department
    Located in or next to body of water → Huallaga River
    Commons category → Huánuco
    Flag image → Flag of Huánuco.svg
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap relation ID: 272401474"
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