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Capital of Peru
Lima, on the central Pacific coast beside the Rímac river
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Capital of the Inca Empire
Cusco, in the southern Andes at about 3,400 m
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Meaning of Tawantinsuyu
The four parts together: Chinchaysuyu, Antisuyu, Collasuyu and Contisuyu
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Quipu
A set of knotted cords the Inca used to record numbers and other data
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Machu Picchu: UNESCO year
1983, as a mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Site
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Who captured Atahualpa, and where?
Francisco Pizarro, at Cajamarca in November 1532
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Date of the proclamation of independence
28 July 1821, proclaimed in Lima by José de San Martín
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Battle that ended Spanish rule on the mainland
Ayacucho, 9 December 1824, under Antonio José de Sucre
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War of the Pacific
1879 to 1883: Chile against Peru and Bolivia; ended for Peru by the Treaty of Ancón
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Miguel Grau
Commander of the ironclad Huáscar, who died at Angamos on 8 October 1879
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Highest mountain in Peru
Huascarán, about 6,768 m, in the Cordillera Blanca
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Three natural regions of Peru
Costa (coast), sierra (Andes) and selva (Amazon rainforest)
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Lake shared with Bolivia
Lake Titicaca, at about 3,800 m on the altiplano
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Cold current off the Peruvian coast
The Humboldt (Peru) Current, which dries the coast and feeds the anchoveta fishery
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Where the Amazon begins in Peru
Where the Marañón and the Ucayali meet, near Nauta
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Peru's national animal
The vicuña, a wild camelid of the high Andean plains
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Peru's national bird
The Andean cock-of-the-rock (gallito de las rocas)
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Peru's national tree
The cinchona (quina), source of quinine
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Nazca Lines: UNESCO year
1994, on the dry coastal plain of southern Peru
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Oldest city of the Americas in Peru
Caral, in the Supe Valley, dating to about 3000 BC
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Pisco
A grape brandy of Peru; the base of the pisco sour
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Ceviche
Raw fish cured in lime juice with onion and ají; UNESCO intangible heritage, 2023
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Nobel laureate in Literature, 2010
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Oldest university in the Americas (Lima)
National University of San Marcos, founded in 1551
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Currency of Peru
The sol, which replaced the inti in 1991

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