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  2. Peruvian Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian Spanish (Español peruano) is a family of dialects of the Spanish language that have been spoken in Peru since its introduction by Spanish conquistadors in 1532. There are five varieties spoken in the country, by about 94.4% of the population. [citation needed] The five Peruvian dialects are Andean Spanish, Peruvian Coastal Spanish ...

  3. History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peru declared independence from Spain in 1821, but achieved independence only after the Battle of Ayacucho three years later. Modern historiography of Peru divides its history into three main periods: [2] A pre-Hispanic period, which lasts from the first civilizations of the region to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

  4. Timeline of Peruvian history - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian War of Independence: San Martín declared the independence of Peru. 1824: 9 December: Battle of Ayacucho: The Spanish army was defeated, marking the end of Spanish rule in South America. 1837: 9 May: The Peru-Bolivian Confederacy was established. 1839: 25 August: The Peru-Bolivian Confederacy was officially dissolved. 1866: 2 May

  5. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu[a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province [11] above the Sacred ...

  6. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, along with his brothers in arms and their indigenous allies, captured the last Sapa Inca, Atahualpa, at the ...

  7. Peruvian War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian War of Independence. The Republic of Peru after the Siege of Callao preserved the 856,212 km2 of the disappeared Viceroyalty of Peru. About 20,000 dead people in total. 6,000 civilians (Spaniard population of Peru) killed or expelled. The Peruvian War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia del Perú) was a series of military ...

  8. Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peru. Peru, [e] officially the Republic of Peru, [f] 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 ...

  9. Viceroyalty of Peru - Wikipedia

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    The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima. Along with the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Peru ...