Callao (disambiguation)
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Callao is the largest port city of Peru, located in Callao District.
Callao as a placename can also mean:
- Callao District (Peru), found in Constitutional Province of Callao
- Callao Region (Peru), coterminous with Constitutional Province of Callao
- Constitutional Province of Callao (Peru), coterminous with Callao Region
- Callao, Missouri (United States)
- Callao, Virginia (United States)
- Plaza de Callao and the underlying Madrid Metro station, in Madrid, Spain.
Callao can also mean:
- Battle of Callao, 1866 naval battle between Spain and Peru (and her allies)
- Bombardment of Callao, a naval blockade and bombardment of the city from April 1880 to January 1881 by the Chilean navy during the War of the Pacific which resulted in the surrender of the city to the advancing Chilean army.