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Huancayo
Huancayo is a city in the central highlands of Peru, capital of the Junín region, in the Mantaro valley at about 3,250 m. A Spanish town founded in the 16th century, it was where a congress adopted the Huancayo Constitution of 1839, and where Ramón Castilla decreed the abolition of slavery in Peru in 1854. It is now the main commercial centre of central Peru.
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