LIMA

[s. 412] : The capital of Peru, South America, situated in a valley 6 miles from Callao. It was founded in 1535 by Pizarro as the capital of the vice-royalty, and is the most handsome city in South America, with important buildings and large manufactures of gla and gold laces. Its climate is pleasant, but not healthful, owing in part to bad sanitation. There is little or no rain, It but dews and fogs are abundant in winter. has an altitude of 565 feet, and a population of (1891) 103,000 people. Station of the (1891), with (1900) 1 mi ionary and his wife and 1 woman mi ionary. ch072.xhtml m 412