JUNIN, exists like Department, Province, and District.

The present department of Junín was created by the Simón Liberator Bolivar by decree of the 13 of September of 1.825 to perpetuate the victory of the Army of liberation on the Spanish Troops in Batalla of the 6 of August of 1.824, made in Pampas of Junín.

The Province of Junín, was created by Law N° 10031 of the 27 of November of 1944, is located by the Nor the West of the Department. Their limits are by North him the Department of Pasco, by the East and the South the province of Tarma, by the West the Province of Yauli and the department of Pasco.

The name of the Province is a memory and tribute to Batalla de Junín, that was made the 6 of August of 1824 in Pampas of Junín, and in which I exercise patriotic, by the action of paladines of this victory the Husares de Junín won to the Spanish forces, during the Campaign of national Independence.

The capital is "Heroic Villa de Junín", elevated to City by Law N° 9834 of the 27 of October of 1943 and, by the Decree law Nro. 20686 of the 6 of August of 1974, were restituted to him I title of "Heroic" to the Capital of the Province of Junín. 
 
Districts:

Ferrocarril Central y lago JunínCentral railroad and JunínTiene lake 4 districts: Ondores, Carhuamayo, Ulcumayo and Junín. Topographically the territory is more homogenous than the rest of the Department, although all the distritales capitals with the exception of Ulcumayo are to more of 4,000mts on the level of the sea. There one is the plateau and the majestic lake of Junín, Famous by the historical events that followed one another there; the Lake is one of the starting points, and is where the Mantaro River is also born and another tributary one of the Amazon River, the Ulcumayo, but this it belongs to the river basin of the River Ucayali, the high location of the province, conforms part of the Naked denominated one of Pasco, tie point of the three branches of the Mountain system of the Center of Peru.

The main activity is the cattle one, although suspended enough during the last years; it also excels the special crafts in weaves. The climate is enough strong, fried and dry, being the temperatures under 0° C at night and during the day it does not reach to 10° C.
 
 
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