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{{Other uses}} {{redirect|Ports of Lima|the album by Sore|Ports of Lima (album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use American English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Constitutional province of Callao | native_name = Provincia Constitucional del Callao ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]) | official_name = | other_name = | nicknames = ''La Perla del Pacífico'' (Pearl of the Pacific)<ref name="nickname">{{cite web |date=2000 |url=http://www.e-camara.net/revista/2286/ultima-pag.htm |title=La Perla del Pacífico |editor=Camara de Comercio de Lima |access-date=9 May 2012 |archive-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203221218/http://www.e-camara.net/revista/2286/ultima-pag.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><br /> ''El Primer Puerto'' (The First Harbor) | settlement_type = City | total_type = | motto = ''La fiel y generosa ciudad del Callao, asilo de las leyes y de la libertad.'' (The faithful and generous city of Callao, asylum of the laws and freedom.) | image_flag = Bandera del Callao.svg | flag_size = | flag_link = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Escudo del Callao.svg | shield_size = | shield_link = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_skyline = Mozaico Callao.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = '''Clockwise from top left''': Navy Ship; [[Leoncio Prado Military Academy|Leoncio Prado Military College]]; Miguel Grau Square; La Punta Viewpoint; [[Real Felipe Fortress]]; Sea lions; Port Terminal; San José Church; [[San Lorenzo Island (Peru)|San Lorenzo Island]]; and [[Jorge Chávez International Airport]] | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Peru | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Callao Region|Callao]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Peru|Provinces]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Constitutional province of Callao]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = Districts | parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> | parts = 7 Districts | p1 = [[Bellavista District|Bellavista]] | p2 = [[Callao District|Callao]] (downtown) | p3 = [[Carmen de la Legua Reynoso]] | p4 = [[La Perla District|La Perla]] | p5 = [[La Punta District|La Punta]] | p6 = [[Ventanilla District|Ventanilla]] | p7 = [[Mi Perú District|Mi Perú]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = [[Pedro Spadaro]] | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 6 March 1537 | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | founder = Diego Ruiz<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.regioncallao.gob.pe/historia-del-callao/ |title=Página en www.regioncallao.gob.pe |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822110659/http://www.regioncallao.gob.pe/historia-del-callao/ |archive-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> | named_for = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 147.85 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_dunam = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 5 | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = | population_as_of = 2017 | population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{Cite web |url=https://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/poblacion/ |title=Population of Callao |access-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815052031/http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/poblacion/ |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 1,300,000 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_demonym = Chalaco/a | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = [[Time in Peru|PET]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{Coord|12|03|08|S|77|08|21|W|type:city_region:PE-CAL|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 07001 | area_code = 14 | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | website = [http://www.municallao.gob.pe Official Website] }} '''Callao''' ({{IPA|es|kaˈʎao}}) is a Peruvian seaside city and [[Regions of Peru|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 [[Spanish America|colonial era]]. [[Historic Centre of Callao|Central Callao]] is about {{cvt|15|km|mi}} west of the [[Historic Center of Lima]].
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