Callao
Callao is a constitutional region in the Peruvian coast conurbation to Lima. Includes the districts of Callao, La Perla, La Punta, Bellavista, Ventanilla, Carmen de la Legua y Reynoso and Mi Perú.Notable Places in the Area
BAP Abtao
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
BAP Abtao is an Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy.
Real Felipe Fortress
Photo: Rarrunat, Public domain.
The Real Felipe Fortress was built to defend the main Peruvian port and the city of Lima from pirates and corsairs during colonial times.
Naval Museum of Peru
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Port of Callao, officially the Callao Port Terminal, is a maritime port on the central coast of Peru, in the south-eastern Pacific, located in Callao.
Callao
- Type: City with 1,300,000 residents
- Description: city and main seaport of Peru
- Categories: big city, seaport and locality
- Location: Callao District, Callao, Callao Region, Central Coast, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.0523° or 12° 3' 8" southLongitude
-77.1391° or 77° 8' 21" westPopulation
1,300,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)United Nations Location Code
PE CLLOpen Location Code
57V4WVX6+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 107988853OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3946083Wikidata ID
Q105037Callao Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Callao
- Arabic: كالاو
- Arabic: كاياو
- Armenian: Գալեաօ
- Armenian: Կալեաո
- Armenian: Կալյաո
- Asturian: Callao
- Aymara: Kallao
- Basque: Callao
- Belarusian: Кальяа
- Belarusian: Кальяо
- Bengali: কালাও
- Bulgarian: Каляо
- Catalan: Callao
- Catalan: Ciutat de Callao
- Catalan: El Callao
- Catalan: Regió de Callao
- Cebuano: Callao
- Chinese: Callao Khu
- Chinese: 卡亚俄
- Chinese: 卡亞俄
- Chinese: 卡亞俄憲法省
- Chinese: 卡亞俄省
- Czech: Callao
- Danish: Callao
- Dutch: Callao
- Egyptian Arabic: كاياو
- English: Callao city
- English: El Callao
- Esperanto: Callao
- Esperanto: Kajao
- Esperanto: Kallao
- Estonian: Callao
- Finnish: Callao
- French: Callao
- Georgian: კალიაო
- German: Callao
- Greek: Καλλάο
- Guarani: Callao
- Gujarati: કલાઓ
- Hebrew: קייאו
- Hindi: कैलाओ
- Hungarian: Callao
- Ido: Callao
- Indonesian: Callao
- Interlingue: Callao
- Irish: Callao
- Italian: Callao
- Japanese: カヤオ
- Japanese: カリャオ
- Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಲವೊ
- Kirghiz: Кальяо
- Korean: 카야오
- Latin: Callao
- Latin: Callaum
- Latvian: Kaljao
- Lithuanian: Kaljao
- Low German: Callao
- Macedonian: Каљао
- Malay: Callao
- Marathi: कॅलाओ
- Min Nan Chinese: Callao Khu
- Moksha: Кальяо
- Northern Frisian: Callao
- Norwegian: Callao
- Norwegian Bokmål: Callao
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Callao
- Occitan (post 1500): Callao
- Persian: کالائو
- Persian: کایائو
- Polish: Callao
- Portuguese: Callao
- Portuguese: El Callao
- Quechua: Callao
- Quechua: El Callao
- Quechua: Kallaw
- Quechua: Qallaw
- Romanian: Callao
- Russian: Кальяо (город)
- Russian: Кальяо
- Scots: Callao
- Scottish Gaelic: El Callao
- Serbian: Callao
- Serbian: Kaljao
- Serbian: Каљао
- Serbo-Croatian: Callao
- Silesian: Callao
- Sinhala: කල්ලාඕ
- Slovenian: Callao
- Spanish: Callao
- Spanish: Callao ciudad
- Spanish: Ciudad del Callao
- Spanish: El Callao
- Swedish: Callao
- Tamil: கள்ளோ
- Telugu: కాలావో
- Thai: กายาโอ
- Turkish: Callao
- Ukrainian: Кальяо
- Ukrainian: Каяо
- Urdu: کایاو
- Uzbek: Kalyao
- Venetian: Callao
- Vietnamese: Callao
- Volapük: El Callao
- Waray (Philippines): Callao
- Western Armenian: Կալեաո
- Western Panjabi: کلاؤ
- Wu Chinese: 卡亚俄
Other Places Named Callao
In the Area
- San Juan BoscoNeighbourhood
- Castilla-PasamayoNeighbourhood
- Santa MarinaNeighbourhood
- Barrio Obrero FrigoríficoNeighbourhood
- Santa MarinaNeighbourhood
- Santa Marina NorteNeighbourhood
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