1. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century; Also called: capital of Peru.
2. City in Ohio (USA).
3. Town in Montana (USA); zip code 59739.
4. Town in Oklahoma (USA).
5. Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania (USA).
6. Village in Illinois (USA); zip code 62348.
7. Village in New York (USA); zip code 14485.
(US) City in NW Ohio, US, on the Ottawa River, N of Dayton; seat of Allen County; Industries include motor-vehicle and aircraft parts, heavy machinery, electrical products, and oil processing.(Peru) Capital of Peru, an industrial city (textiles, chemicals, glass, cement) on the Rimac river, with its port at Callao; metropolitan area).
history.
Founded by the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro in 1535, and rebuilt after it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1746.
features.
Surviving structures of the Spanish colonial period include the National University of San Marcos, founded in 1551, the cathedral, the government palace (the rebuilt palace of the viceroys), and the Senate House, originally the headquarters of the Inquisition. A third of the population live in shanty-towns on the outskirts of the city.