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8 unusual facts about Junín


Daniel Cangialosi

Daniel Cangialosi (born July 05, 1971 in Junín, Argentina) is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina and Chile.

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez

Jiménez was born in Junín, Colombia and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1942 from the religious order of Missionaries of the Company of Mary.

Javier Capelli

Javier Capelli (born in Junín, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Palestino of the Chilean Primera División as defender.

Juan Matías Fischer

Juan Matías Fischer (born February 12, 1985 in Junín, Buenos Aires Province), Argentina) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada of the Primera C of Argentina.

Luciano Araya

Luciano Araya (born August 5, 1993 in Junín, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Unión San Felipe of the Primera División B in Chile.

Nidia Vílchez

Nidia Ruth Vílchez Yucra (born 12 May 1964) is a Peruvian politician and a former Member of Congress representing Junín for the 2006-2011 term.

Schreder Airmate HP-11

Schreder also flew it to third place in the Open Class at the 1963 World Gliding Championships held at Junín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Siren Edelweiss

The two Edelweiss prototypes competed in the 1963 WGC, held at Junin, Argentina and were placed 2nd and 17th in the Standard Class, piloted respectively by J. Lachney and C. Labar.


Antonio Paredes Candia

He spent his entire childhood in a house located on the intersection of Sucre and Junín, in a typical neighborhood in the north of La Paz.

Argentine hemorrhagic fever

The disease was first detected in the 1950s in the Junín Partido in Buenos Aires, after which its agent, the Junín virus, was named upon its identification in 1958.

Ferrocarril Central Andino

It crosses into Junín state via the Galera Tunnel, the second highest railroad tunnel in the world.

Junin Grebe

The Junín Grebe, Junin Flightless Grebe or Puna Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii) is a grebe found only on Lake Junin in the highlands of Junin, west-central Peru.

Mariano Necochea

He accompanied the latter to Peru, was promoted brigadier for his valor in the siege of Callao, and afterward as commander of cavalry engaged in the campaign of Peru, assisting in the battle of Junin, 6 August 1824, where he was dangerously wounded and saved from death by a Spanish soldier who formerly had served under him in the Army of the Andes.

Sebastián Ágreda

A native of Potosí, Ágreda had fought in the battles of Junin and Ayacucho under Antonio José de Sucre, for which the Grand Marshall rewarded him as Commander of the Military College in Chuquisaca.

Tarma

Its location consolidates as the point of nexus between the central coast (departments of Lima and Ica), the Andean provinces of the department of Junín and the Central Forest (provinces of Chanchamayo and Satipo).

Vílchez

Nidia Vílchez, Peruvian politician and Congresswoman representing Junín for the 2006–2011 term

Yanesha people

Presently, the most recent census count puts their population at over 7,000 distributed among 48 communities located in Puerto Inca Province (Huánuco), Chanchamayo Province (Junín) and Oxapampa Province (Pasco).

Yaru Quechua

Yaru Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Peruvian province of Pasco and neighboring areas in northern Junín and Lima department.


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