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HUANCAVELICA , a See also:city of central See also:Peru and See also:capital of -a See also:department, 16o m. S.E. of See also:Lima. The city stands in a deep See also:ravine of the See also:Andes at an See also:elevation of about 12,400 ft. above the See also:sea, the ravine having an See also:average width of 1 m. Pop. (1906 estimate) 6000. The city is solidly and regularly built, the houses being of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and the stream that flows through the See also:town being spanned by several stone See also:bridges. Near Huancavelica is the famous quicksilver mine of See also:Santa See also:Barbara, with its subterranean See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:San See also:Rosario, hewn from the native See also:cinnabar-See also:hearing See also:rock. Huancavelica was founded by See also:Viceroy Francisco de See also:Toledo in 1572 as a See also:mining town, and mining continues to be the See also:principal occupation of its inhabitants. The
department is traversed by the See also:Cordillera Occidental, and is bounded N., E. and S. by See also:Junin and See also:Ayacucho. Pop. (1906 See also:official estimate) 167,840; See also:area, 9254 sq. m. The principal See also:industry is mining for See also:silver and quicksilver. The best-known silver mines are the Castrovirreyna.
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