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Arequipa

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A·re·qui·pa  (r-kp, är-kpä)
A city of southern Peru at the foot of El Misti. Founded in 1540 on the site of an Incan village, it is the commercial center of southern Peru and northern Bolivia. Population: 60,000.
Arequipa [ˌærɪˈkiːpə (Spanish) areˈkipa]
n
(Placename) a city in S Peru, at an altitude of 2250 m (7500 ft.): founded in 1540 on the site of an Inca city. Pop.: 710 103 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.ArequipaArequipa - a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
Peru, Republic of Peru - a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries


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It reached Arequipa in 1807; and it is said that some men there, who had not been bitten, were affected, as were some negroes, who had eaten a bullock which had died of hydrophobia.
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