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HUANCAVELICA

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 845 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUANCAVELICA  , a

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city of central
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Peru and
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capital of -a
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department, 16o m . S.E. of
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Lima . The city stands in a deep
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ravine of the
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Andes at an
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elevation of about 12,400 ft. above the
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sea, the ravine having an
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average width of 1 m . Pop . (1906 estimate) 6000 . The city is solidly and regularly built, the houses being of
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stone and the stream that flows through the
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town being spanned by several stone
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bridges . Near Huancavelica is the famous quicksilver mine of
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Santa
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Barbara, with its subterranean
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church of
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San
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Rosario, hewn from the native
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cinnabar-
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hearing
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rock . Huancavelica was founded by
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Viceroy Francisco de
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Toledo in 1572 as a
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mining town, and mining continues to be the
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principal occupation of its inhabitants . The department is traversed by the
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Cordillera Occidental, and is bounded N., E. and S. by
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Junin and
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Ayacucho . Pop . (1906
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official estimate) 167,840;
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area, 9254 sq. m . The principal
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industry is mining for
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silver and quicksilver .

The best-known silver mines are the Castrovirreyna .

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