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Junín
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Junín, city, Argentina

Junín (hnēn`), city (1991 pop. 70,138), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Salado River. It is a busy commercial center for an agricultural and livestock area. There are important railroad repair shops. Its fishing industry has developed gradually. Junín began as a frontier fort (est. 1827) during the struggle against the Native Americans of Pampa.

Junín, village, Peru

Junín, city (1993 pop. 16,183), W central Peru, in the Andes. In the vicinity on Aug. 6, 1824, Simón Bolívar Bolívar, Simón (sēmōn` bōlē`vär)
..... Click the link for more information. , aided by Antonio José de Sucre Sucre, Antonio José de (äntô`nyō hōsā` thā s
..... Click the link for more information. , defeated the Spanish general José Canterac in the first important battle leading to Peruvian independence. The surrounding area is rich in mineral, hydroelectric, and agricultural resources.


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Caused by the Junin virus, Argentine hemorrhagic fever affects primarily adult male agricultural workers, mainly during the harvest season (14).
Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses (1) by Meslin, Francois-Xavier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Victories at Junin (hoo-NEEN) and Ayacucho (eye-ah-KOO-cho) in 1824 broke Peru free of Spain's colonial grip.
El libertador: Simon Bolivar led--and won--the struggle for South ... by Wilmore, Kathy / Junior Scholastic
She finds that, in three cases (Sierra Norte de Puebla, Morelos in Mexico, and Junin in Peru), the peasants did come up with their own ideas about who should participate in their country whereas in one region (Cajamarca, Peru) a peasant-defined national project did not emerge.
Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru by Langer, Erick D. / Journal of Social History
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