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Junin
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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an interior department of central Peru, bounded N. by Huanuco, E. by Loreto and Cuzco, S. by Huancavelica, and W. by Lima and Ancachs. Pop. (1906 estimate), 305,700. It lies wholly within the Andean zone and has an area of 23,353 sq. m. It is rich in minerals, including silver, copper, mercury, bismuth, molybdenum, lead and coal. The Huallaga and Mantaro rivers have their sources in this department, the latter in Lake Junin, or Chanchaycocha, 13,230 ft. above sea-level. The capital of Junin is Cerro de Pasco, and its two principal towns are Jauja and Tarma (pop., 1906, about 12,000 and 5000 respectively) .
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Junin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/junin.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Junin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/junin.html. 1910.
