Editing Callao (section)

==City highlights==
Callao is built on and around a [[Peninsula of La Punta|peninsula]], the district of [[La Punta District|La Punta]], a wealthy residential neighborhood. A historical fortress, the ''[[Real Felipe Fortress|Castillo de Real Felipe]]'' (site of "[[José Ramón Rodil y Campillo|Rodil]]'s Last Stand"), stands on the promontory overlooking the harbor.

A large naval base is sited in Callao. Its prison held [[Abimael Guzmán]], the leader of the [[Shining Path]] Communist Party of Peru, and holds [[Vladimiro Montesinos]], the ex-director of internal security during the [[Alberto Fujimori|Fujimori]] regime.

[[Jorge Chávez International Airport]] is located in Callao.

On a bluff overlooking the harbor sits Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado, the military high school. The city also has a university, the [[National University of Callao]].

The main Naval Hospital, Centro Medico Naval is located on [[Avenida Venezuela]] in Bellavista. It contains the U.S. Navy command [[Naval Medical Research Unit Six]]; professional soccer clubs are [[Sport Boys]] and [[Atlético Chalaco]].

Residents of Callao are known as ''chalacos'' after the [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] word [[Chala]] meaning coast.


===Islands===
[[File:Islaspalomino.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sea lion]]s in the [[Palomino Islands (Peru)|Palomino Islands]]]]

Callao has several islands: [[San Lorenzo Island, Peru|San Lorenzo]] (currently a military base), [[El Frontón]] (a former high security prison), the [[Cavinzas Islands]], and the [[Palomino Islands (Peru)|Palomino Islands]], where numerous [[sea lion]]s and [[sea bird]]s live in a virtually untouched [[ecosystem]]. There are proposed plans to build a huge naval, terrestrial, and air port on [[San Lorenzo Island, Peru|San Lorenzo Island]]. This project is called the [[San Lorenzo Megaport Project]].