conquistador Gómez de Alvarado in 1539, in the Inca town of Yarowilca. In 1541,
the city was moved to its current location in the Pillco Valley. It is served
by the Alférez FAP David Figueroa Fernandini Airport. One of the main
terrestrial highways of the country passes by Huanuco, communicating
Lima-Callao with Tingo Maria and Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazonia
