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Republic of Peru República del Perú (Spanish)
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Capital	Lima 12°2.6′S 77°1.7′W
ISO 3166 code	PE

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At 1,285,216 km² (496,225 sq mi), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America.

Peruvian territory was home to several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 10th millennium BCE. Notable pre-colonial cultures and civilizations include the Caral–Supe civilization (the earliest civilization in the Americas and considered one of the cradles of civilization), the Nazca culture, the Wari and Tiwanaku empires, the Kingdom of Cusco, and the Inca Empire, the largest known state in the pre-Columbian Americas. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and Charles V established a viceroyalty with the official name of the Kingdom of Peru that encompassed most of its South American territories, with its capital in Lima. Higher education started in the Americas with the official establishment of the National University of San Marcos in Lima in 1551.

Peru's population includes Mestizos, Amerindians, Europeans, Africans and Asians. The main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant number of Peruvians speak Quechuan languages, Aymara, or other Indigenous languages. This mixture of cultural traditions has resulted in a wide diversity of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature, and music. (Full article...)

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Mariano Gagnon OFM (born Joseph Theodore Gagnon; October 7, 1929 – April 28, 2017) was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist the indigenous Asháninka people who were being forced out of their homes in the jungle by settlers. He would later become known for his work helping arm the Asháninka and eventually helping some Asháninka flee Cutivereni when it was facing attack from Shining Path guerrillas during the internal conflict in Peru. He later wrote about his experiences during the conflict in the book Warriors in Eden. (Full article...)

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The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, part of the Amazon Basin. Old names for this river include Guallaga and Río de los Motilones. The Huallaga is born on the slopes of the Andes in central Peru, and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the Ucayali River to form the Amazon. (more...)

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The Battle of Tacna, also known as the Battle of the Halt of the Alliance (Spanish: Batalla del Alto de la Alianza), effectively destroyed the Peru-Bolivian alliance against Chile, forged by a secret treaty between both countries signed on 1873. On May 26, 1880, the Chilean northern operations army led by General Manuel Baquedano Gonzalez, conclusively defeated a Peru-Bolivian army commanded by the Bolivian President General Narciso Campero, after almost five hours of fierce combat. This battle took place at the Intiorko hill plateau, a few miles north of the Peruvian city of Tacna. As a result of this battle, the Bolivian army returned to its country, and never participated in the conflict again, leaving Peru to fight the rest of the war by themselves . Also, this victory consolidated the Chilean domain over the Tarapacá Province, territory definitively annexed to Chile after the sign of the Tratado de Ancón (English: Treaty of Ancon), on 1884, which ended the war. (more...)

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April 3, 1983 - The Lucanamarca massacre took place in which 69 peasants were killed by the Shining Path organization in and around the town of Lucanamarca.

April 12, 1671 - Pope Clement IX canonized Rose of Lima, making her the first Roman Catholic saint in the Western Hemisphere.

April 22, 1997 - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ended when Peruvian armed forces raided the official residence of Japan's ambassador to Peru in Lima and killed all Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) militants.

April 26, 1538 - Two rival Spanish military forces engaged in the Battle of Las Salinas near Cusco. Pizarro's forces defeated those of rival conquistador Diego de Almagro.

April 28, 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl set sail from Peru with his ship the Kon-Tiki to finally reach the Tuamotu Archipelago after 101 days and 4,300 miles at sea.

April 30, 1932 - Start of the Colombia–Peru War an armed conflict with Colombia concerning a long-standing border dispute in the Amazonas region.

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Image 1Plan of the City of Kings (Lima), 1674. (from History of Peru)
Image 2The Main Square of Lima during the attempted coup of 1909. (from History of Peru)
Image 3Ages pyramid of Peru in 2007 (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 4Plan of the City of Kings (Lima), 1674. (from History of Peru)
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Dissolution of Peru-Bolivia:
-   Peru-Bolivia
    Controlled by the United Restoration Army
    First Provisional Government of Peru
    Northern Peruvian Republic
    Second Provisional Government of Peru
    Provisional Government of Bolivia
    New Peruvian State
    New Bolivian State
    Controlled by the United Restoration Army during the restoration
    De facto borders after the dissolution
    Disputed between Peru-Bolivia and Argentina
    Disputed between Bolivia and Argentina
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Image 6Territorial changes after the war (from History of Peru)
Image 7Map showing the Tacna-Arica dispute and its solution (from History of Peru)
Image 8The flag of Peru flies over the port of Leticia after the takeover (from History of Peru)
Image 9Life expectancy in Peru since 1960 by gender (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 10Peruvian girls (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 11Colonial tapestry, late 17th or early 18th century. It was woven by indigenous weavers for a Spanish client, incorporating then-fashionable Chinese imagery. (from History of Peru)
Image 12Chinatown in Lima (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 13Amerindian woman with child (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 14Peru's football team in 1970; the ethnic diversity of Peruvians is visible, with players showing African, Amerindian and European ancestry in various mixes. (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 15Sánchez Cerro during the signing ceremony of the new constitution on April 9, 1933. (from History of Peru)
Image 16Peruvian school children with an OLPC XO-1 laptop (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 17Demonstration in Lima against Manuel Merino, 12 November 2020 (from History of Peru)
Image 18Sánchez Cerro during the signing ceremony of the new constitution on April 9, 1933. (from History of Peru)
Image 19Map showing the Tacna-Arica dispute and its solution (from History of Peru)
Image 20Territorial changes after the war (from History of Peru)
Image 21The flag of Peru flies over the port of Leticia after the takeover (from History of Peru)
Image 22Battle of Junín, 6 August 1824 (from History of Peru)
Image 23Battle of Junín, 6 August 1824 (from History of Peru)
Image 24Population map of Peru in 2007 (regional) (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 25Colonial tapestry, late 17th or early 18th century. It was woven by indigenous weavers for a Spanish client, incorporating then-fashionable Chinese imagery. (from History of Peru)
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Dissolution of Peru-Bolivia:
-   Peru-Bolivia
    Controlled by the United Restoration Army
    First Provisional Government of Peru
    Northern Peruvian Republic
    Second Provisional Government of Peru
    Provisional Government of Bolivia
    New Peruvian State
    New Bolivian State
    Controlled by the United Restoration Army during the restoration
    De facto borders after the dissolution
    Disputed between Peru-Bolivia and Argentina
    Disputed between Bolivia and Argentina
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Image 27Historical population of Peru (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 28Peruvian Paso (from Demographics of Peru)
Image 29Demonstration in Lima against Manuel Merino, 12 November 2020 (from History of Peru)
Image 30The Main Square of Lima during the attempted coup of 1909. (from History of Peru)
Image 31Life expectancy in Peru since 1940 (from Demographics of Peru)

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Excavations at the site of Jisk'a Iru Muqu in 2002

Jisk'a Iru Muqu (Aymara, jisk'a small, iru a type of grass, (Festuca orthophylla), muqu knot; joint of a part of the reed, also spelled Jiskairumoko, Jisk'airumoko) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site 54 kilometers (34 mi) south-east of Puno, Peru. The site lies in the mountains at elevation 4,115 meters (13,500 feet), in the Aymara community of Jachacachi, adjacent to the Ilave River drainage, of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru. Occupation of Jisk'a Iru Muqu spans from the Late Archaic to the Formative. (Full article...)

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2017–20 Peruvian political crisis
Alberto Fujimori
Cenepa War
Electricity sector in Peru
Chavín culture
Vinicunca
Club Universitario de Deportes
Trujillo, Peru
Water resources management in Peru
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Daniel Alomía Robles
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Inés Melchor
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... that the Shining Path used squatting as a tactic to gain support during the internal conflict in Peru?
... that Peruvian foreign minister Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza was arrested by Chilean troops for refusing to sign peace with the cession of territory during the War of the Pacific?
... that Juan José Cabezudo was an openly gay chef and street-food seller in 19th-century Lima?
... that the Peruvian Civil Guard officer Mariano Santos Mateo was nicknamed the Brave Man of Tarapacá because he captured a banner of a Chilean military unit during the Battle of Tarapacá?
... that Ariana Orrego was the first Peruvian gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games?
... that Naikilah Perusahaan Minang is the oldest operating autobus company in Indonesia?
... that Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas played a key role in the fledgling women's movement in Peru in the early 20th century?
... that Marcelino Gutiérrez was the only one of his brothers, who together led a rebellion against the president of Peru, to survive a subsequent riot?

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National Symbol	Capital	Currency	Time zone	National Anthem	Language	Population census

Symbols of Peru	City of Lima	Sol		Somos libres	Spanish	33,726,000

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...that the Almirante Grau (pictured), flagship of the Peruvian Navy, is the last gun cruiser in service in the world?
...that former president Alberto Fujimori is currently facing trial on charges of corruption and human rights abuses?
...that in comparison to sheep's wool alpaca fiber is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic?
...that tenor Juan Diego Flórez broke a decades old tradition of no encores at La Scala while performing Donizetti's La fille du régiment?
...that Universitario de Deportes has won twenty-five national premier leagues, more than any other football club in Peru?

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