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Lima is the capital an largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It forms a contiguous urban area with the seaport of Callao.

Trivia about lima

  • Rainfall is rare in this capital of Peru
  • A bean & an Ohio city are named for, but pronounced unlike, this capital of Peru
  • Gauguin's mom was Peruvian, & from 1851 to 1855 he lived with her in this capital city
  • Just 12 degrees south of the Equator, this Peruvian capital's temperatures are moderated by the Humboldt Current
  • An airport in the coastal city of Callao serves this Peruvian capital
  • August 23 is the feast of St. Rose of this capital city; she's credited with starting social services in Peru
  • In South America:MAIL
  • This bean that shares the name of a South American capital is a great source of protein
  • The University of San Marcos, Peru's oldest school of higher learning, was founded here in 1551
  • The first person in the Americas to be canonized was Rose of this South American capital
  • Population 7 million & lends its name to a type of bean
  • This Peruvian city was founded in 1535; Villa El Salvador, a squatter's camp of 350,000 on its outskirts, in 1971
  • The Church of St, Francis in this Peruvian capital is noted for its eerie catacombs
  • Have you "bean" to this capital of Peru?
  • After founding this city in 1535, Francisco Pizarro got his "Bean there, done that" t-shirt
  • Once the capital of Spain's New World empire, this South American city was founded by Pizarro in 1535
  • Javier Perez de Cuellar
  • Callao is this South American capital's port
  • Peru
  • L:A New World capital city

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