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Detailed explanation-1: -Lima, city, capital of Peru. It is the country’s commercial and industrial centre. Central Lima is located at an elevation of 512 feet (156 metres) on the south bank of the Rímac River, about 8 miles (13 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean port of Callao, and has an area of 27 square miles (70 square km).

Detailed explanation-2: -Shortly after its founding, the city lost its original name. The inhabitants of the area of Lima during the Spanish’s arrival, who were subservient to the Incas, called the area “Limaq“. The Spanish, however, couldn’t pronounce the final “q”, so they dropped it, thus creating the city we now know and love as “Lima.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Although the name never stuck, Lima soon became the capital of the new Viceroyalty of Peru, chosen over the old Inca capital of Cuzco to the southeast because the coastal location facilitated communication with Spain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lima is a contemporary city in Peru, with hand carved balconies and one of the two oldest universities in the Americas, the University of San Marco. Colombia and Bolivia share Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world at over 13, 000 feet above sea level.