Callao (per)

Callao

Callao ranks 1,205th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zenica, Waterbury, Connecticut, and Santa Ana, California. Memorable people born in Callao include Yma Sumac, Claudio Pizarro, and Oswaldo Ramírez. Memorable people who died in Callao include Abimael Guzmán, Augusto B. Leguía, and José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle. Callao has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Callao is located in Peru.

Callao is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Callao Region, which is also coterminous with the Province of Callao. Founded in 1537 by the Spaniards, the city has a long naval history as one of the main ports in Latin America and the Pacific, as it was one of vital Spanish towns during the colonial era. Central Callao is about 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the Historic Centre of Lima. Read more on Wikipedia