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  1. Capital of Peru, an industrial city
  2. (textiles, chemicals, glass, cement) with its
  3. port at Callao; population (1988) 418,000,
  4. metropolitan area 4,605,000. Founded by the
  5. conquistador Pizarro 1535, it was rebuilt
  6. after destruction by an earthquake 1746.
  7. Survivals of the colonial period are the
  8. university 1551, cathedral 1746, government
  9. palace (the rebuilt palace of the viceroys),
  10. and the senate house (once the headquarters
  11. of the Inquisition).
  12.