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History of Huancavelica

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In the pre-Incan era, Huancavelica was known as the Wancawilka region or "the place where the grandsons of the Wankas live". The city itself was established on August 5, 1572. The mines of Huancavelica were discovered in 1563/1564 by the Indian Nahuincopa, servant of Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

The area was the most prolific source of mercury in Spanish America, and as such was vital to the mining operations of the Spanish colonial era. Mercury was necessary to extract silver from

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