Junín
Junín is a city in Central Peru, capital of the Junín Province in the Department of Junín. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Junín, at an elevation of 4,107 m.- Type: Town with 9,760 residents
- Description: capital city of Junín, Peru
- Also known as: “Hunin”, “Junin”, “Junín, Peru”, “Shunin”, and “Xunin”
Junín
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Junín District, Junín Province, Junín Region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.1613° or 11° 9′ 41″ south
Longitude
-75.99809° or 75° 59′ 53″ west
Population
9,760
Elevation
4,117 metres (13,507 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PE JUN
Open location code
57W6R2Q2+FQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Junín” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جونين”
- Asturian: “Junín”
- Cebuano: “Junín”
- Chinese: “胡宁”
- Chinese: “胡寧”
- Dutch: “Junín”
- Esperanto: “Hunino”
- French: “Junín”
- German: “Junín”
- Italian: “Junín”
- Lithuanian: “Chuninas”
- Persian: “خونین”
- Portuguese: “Junim”
- Portuguese: “Junín”
- Quechua: “Sunin”
- Spanish: “Junín”
- Swedish: “Junín, Peru”
- Swedish: “Junín”
- Waray (Philippines): “Junín, Peru”
- Waray (Philippines): “Junín”
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Places to explore: Huarmipuquio and Sasicucho.
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Highlights: Plaza de Armas and Municipalidad de Junín.
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