Huanuco, a department of Peru, with an area of over 13,000 sq. m. Mining and agriculture are the chief industries. Pop. 78,856.—The capital, Huanuco, lies in a lovely valley on the Huallaga, amid plantations of coffee and sugar. It is a bishop's see. Pop. 5300.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 817
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