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The Port of Callao (Spanish: Puerto del Callao), officially the Callao Port Terminal (Spanish: Terminal Portuario del Callao), is a maritime port on the central coast of Peru, in the south-eastern Pacific, located in Callao, a suburb of Lima. It is the country's main port in terms of traffic and storage capacity.
Callao is the port city now fully integrated with Lima, the nation's capital. In 2008, the airport handled 8,288,506 passengers and 98,733 aircraft movements. In 2008, the airport handled 8,288,506 passengers and 98,733 aircraft movements.
Port of Chancay in 2024. In the first expansion phase, around one million containers can be handled per year. [4]The port of Chancay possesses significant advantages compared to other ports in the South Pacific: a natural draft of 17.8 meters (58.4 feet) and a strategic geographic position on Peru's central coast, in proximity to the port of Callao, Jorge Chávez International Airport, and the ...
The Blockade of Callao was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific or the Salitre War and that consisted of the Chilean squadron preventing the entry of ships to the port of Callao and the neighboring coves between 10 April 1880 and 17 January 1881.
The second siege of Callao was the longest lasting siege that occurred on the Pacific coast during the Spanish American wars of independence.The siege was carried out by the combined Gran Colombian and Peruvian independence forces against the royalist soldiers defending the Real Felipe Fortress in the port of Callao, who refused to surrender, and refused to accept the capitulation of the ...
Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) is the consortium which operates the Ferrovías Central railway in Peru linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima with Huancayo and Cerro de Pasco. As one of the Trans-Andean Railways it is the second highest in the world constructed by the Polish engineer Ernest Malinowski in 1871–1876.
Third blockade of Callao, occurred between October 30, 1820 and September 19, 1821 during Cochrane's operations in support of the Liberating Expedition of Peru's siege during the Peruvian War of Independence. Fourth blockade of Callao, caused by the recovery of the port of Callao by royalist troops. Interrupted by a Spanish expedition on October 7.
Since Jorge Chávez International Airport as well as Peru's main seaport are located in this district, Callao is the largest port of entry to Peru. The city of Callao forms a conurbation with Lima and thus, the district is economically, socially and culturally integrated with this city. (See: Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area).