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61 unusual facts about Lima


Allen County Museum

The Allen County Museum is located in the city of Lima, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States.

Allen County, Ohio

Lima, the county seat, became located near the center of the county, rather than in the northern quarter.

Alonso de San Buenaventura

He stopped in Lima (present-day Peru) for two years to teach novices, and came back to Paraguay in 1588–1589 with a new group of Franciscans.

Amazilia Hummingbird

It is generally common, and can regularly be seen even in major cities such as Lima and Guayaquil.

Augusto Huaman Velasco

Son of a Jurist, Landowner and an avid traveler Dr. Gil Huaman; Dr. Augusto Huaman studied during the golden years in the, then prestigious, "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe" High School in Lima, Peru.

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter combines a fictional account of a period in Vargas' own life with a picture of Lima in the 1950s, a satirical look at Peruvian radio soap operas, and an examination of both the practical and creative aspects of writing.

Bombardment of Callao

After the successful attacks on the Lima suburbs of San Juan and Miraflores it became apparent that the city was going to fall to the advancing Chilean army.

Buddleja rufescens

The species is grown at the Museum of Natural History, Lima, and the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley.

Central Restaurante

Central Restaurante is a restaurant located in the located in the Miraflores District, Lima, Peru.

Chinese Peruvian

Calle Capón, Lima's Chinatown, also known as Barrio Chino de Lima, became one of the Western Hemisphere's earliest Chinatowns.

Clorinda Corradi

On September 2, 1840, Corradi debuted in Lima, Peru with Giulietta e Romeo and, together and the Lyrical Company directed by Raffaele Pantanelli, she remained in Peru until 1843.

Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis

The club was founded on the October 29, 1967 under the name of Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis in the city of Comas, Lima.

Defion Internacional

Defion Internacional is a Lima, Peru based Private Military Company that recruits and trains security personnel, logistics personnel, administrative personnel and professional services personnel to provide world wide services.

Diego de Sandoval

In 1567 king Phillip II gave him his own coat of arms, in which some of his exploits, like the breaking the siege of Lima, were shown.

He lost all his commands and was taken prisoner to Lima during the uprising of Gonzalo Pizarro.

Erbessa lamasi

The species is named in honor of Gerardo Lamas Muller, Director of the Museo de Historia Natural, Lima, Peru, and curator in the Departamento de Entomologıa.

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, formerly Estadio Alianza Lima, is a football stadium located in the neighborhood of Matute in La Victoria District in Lima, Peru.

Felipe Pinglo Alva

Contemporary writings indicate that Pinglo participated in cultural events organized by syndicalists of the era, such as the homage to sculptor Delfín Lévano in a theatre in the La Victoria neighborhood in Lima.

Frères des Hommes

Cenca in Peru walks with Lima poorest people, it develops economic activities for them and it helps them to become collective subjects.

Gillian Ryan

She learned that Posegay was moving to NBAC shortly after her return from Lima, Peru, where she won silver and bronze medals at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in 2011.

Huarmey Province

It is located around 4 hours by bus from Lima and its main economic activities are agriculture, fishing and mineral shipping.

Institute of International Education

Current REACs are located in the following cities around the world: Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Kyiv, Bratislava, Amman, Accra, Johannesburg, Lahore, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur.

ISKCON schools

Bhaktivedanta International School, is a primary school in Lima, Peru.

Istanbul nostalgic tram

Looking at many cities around the world i.e. Lima, Buenos Aires etc., the authorities planned to bring back trams to Istanbul.

José Antonio Dammert Bellido

Bellido was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lima, along with Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina, on April 14, 1958 and ordained bishop May 15, 1958.

Joseph Storey

Storey maintained an excellent working relationship with the sisters of the Ursuline convent who were encouraging and adventurous clients, and subsequently recommended him highly to become the architect for a similar project for the Ursuline Religious Order in Lima, Peru.

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Kaj Hasselriis

Most recently, Hasselriis created an English-language monthly in Lima, Peru called Limazine.

LAN Argentina

It is an affiliate of LAN Airlines and operates scheduled domestic services from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, Córdoba, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Mendoza, Puerto Iguazú, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán and Ushuaia, and international services to Lima, Miami, Punta Cana, Santiago and Sao Paulo.

LANSA Flight 508

LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop, registered OB-R-941, operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA), that crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa, Peru, on December 24, 1971, killing 91 people – all 6 of its crew and 85 of its 86 passengers.

Juliane Koepcke was a high school senior studying in Lima, intending to become a zoologist, like her father, Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke.

Law Courts of Brussels

Although lacking the dome and being much smaller, the Justice Palace in Lima in Peru, which houses the Supreme Court of Peru, is based upon the Brussels Palace of Justice.

Linda Baboolal

The couple has five children—three daughters and two sons, one of her sons Henry Baboolal has a degree in Automotive Engineering from Bolton University and is presently an instructor/lecturer at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, Ohio.

Long-tailed Mockingbird

It is frequently found in gardens and parks—especially in Miraflores and other parts of Greater Lima.

Louis Godin

When they had finished their task in 1738, at the invitation of the Viceroy of Peru, Godin accepted the professorship in mathematics in Lima, where he also established a course of astronomical lectures.

Ludovico Bertonio

Ludovico Bertonio (1552, Rocca ContradaLima, 3 August 1625) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to South America.

Manuel Bulnes

Then Bulnes commanded the Chilean army in 1838 against Gen. Santa Cruz in Peru; and, after taking Lima and winning the battles of Huaraz and Puente del Buin, combined his forces with those of Gamarra and defeated Santa Cruz at the Battle of Yungay (January 19, 1839), thus putting an end to the confederation between Peru and Bolivia.

Marcos Maturana

During the War of the Confederation he fought at the battles of Portada de Guías (1838) and Yungay (1839), and in the capture of Lima.

Micaela Villegas

Born in either Tomayquichua (in the province of Huanuco) or the capital city of Lima, she was baptized at the Lima Cathedral on December 1, 1748.

National Anthem of Peru

The anthem was first performed publicly in the night of 23 September 1821 in the Theater of Lima, in the presence of San Martín and the supporters of the independence, who on that day reunited in the capital.

Nicomedes Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz was born in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru to Nicomedes Santa Cruz Aparicio and Victoria Gamarra Ramirez, and was the ninth of ten siblings.

Oscar Pezzano

He was the goalkeeper in two significant international matches against Feyenoord in 1970 and against Nacional de Montevideo in the 1971 Copa Libertadores decider played in Lima, Peru.

Ossuary

The catacombs beneath the Monastery of San Francisco in Lima, Peru also contain an ossuary.

Peter Häberle

In 1994 Peter Häberle received the honorary doctorate of the faculty of law of the Aristoteles-University Thessaloniki, in 2000, 2003 and 2007 from the respective faculties in Granada, the Catholic University of Lima and the University of Lisbon.

Philemon Pownoll

Once captured she was found to be the Spanish register ship Hermione, which had sailed from Lima on 6 January bound for Cadiz with a valuable cargo of bags of dollars, gold coin, ingots of gold and silver, cocoa, and blocks of tin.

Phyllodactylus lepidopygus

Within the city of Lima, sightings were reported in 2004 in the Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone, where the species may have found a good opportunity to survive.

Pío de Tristán

Juan Pío de Tristán (in full, Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso) (July 11, 1773, Arequipa Peru—August 24, 1860, Lima) was a Peruvian general and politician.

Purussaurus

During the summer of 2005, a Franco-Peruvian expedition (the Fitzcarrald expedition) found new fossils of Purussaurus in the Peruvian Amazon (600 km from Lima).

Ricardo Rossel

As member of the Army Reserve Battalion, he was called on active duty and assigned to the Redoubt # 2 in Miraflores, confronting a ruthless enemy, and seeing with sadness and anger the looting and stealing of the books of the National Library by the Chilean forces.

Roberto Challe

He later played for Universitario de Deportes where he became four times Peruvian champion in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1971, Defensor Lima with whom he won the league one more time in 1973, Sport Boys and Sporting Cristal.

Roberto Federico Chale Olarte, "Roberto Challe" (born 24 November 1946 in Lima) is a former Peruvian football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important midfielders.

Roberto Díaz Herrera

At age 15, he studied in Lima, Peru, at the Military School of Leoncio Prado, while also attending classes at the Escuela de Oficiales de la Guardia Civil (Official School of the Civil Guard).

Ronda Campesina

Even though the internal conflict is now largely confined to the VRAE and has greatly diminished since 1992, the term Rondero is still used in everyday speech in Peru to signify a volunteer neighbourhood watchman either the countryside or in the sub-urbs of cities such as Lima or Trujillo.

San Felipe Cooperative School

It is located at 985 Avenida Gregorio Escobedo in the city district of Jesús María, and within the limits of San Felipe residential complex.

Stuart Struever

Struever was born in Lima, Illinois on August 4, 1931, the son of manager of the American Nickeloid Company.

Tomás Guido

Guido then worked as a diplomat for San Martín during the effort to liberate Peru, he negotiated with the Spanish Viceroy at Miraflores before San Martín declared Peruvian Independence on July 28, 1821.

Víctor Andrés Belaúnde

After receiving his early education there at the "Escuela San Vicente and San José," (Colegio San José) he decided to study law at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, and later transferred to finish his studies at the National University of San Marcos in Lima.

Victor Delfín

He is best known for his monumental El Beso (the kiss), a large sculpture unveiled in 1993 in the "Love Park" by the Pacific Ocean in the Miraflores district of Lima.

William Curtis Farabee

He was appointed as an honorary member of the faculty at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.

WNHC

WNHC-LP, a low-power radio station (104.1 FM) licensed to Lima, Ohio, United States

World Schools Debating Championships

A notable example was in Lima in 2003, where the teams from Argentina and Peru gave a demonstration debate in Spanish (but in the World Schools style) in the Congress of Peru chamber.


Al Fondo Hay Sitio

One of the most exclusive areas of Lima, "Las Lomas", is shaken up by the arrival of the Gonzales family from Huamanga, Ayacucho.

Alstom Metropolis

The trains are in service in 22 major cities around the world, representing more than 3000 cars, including Singapore, Shanghai, Budapest, Warsaw, Nanjing, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Barcelona, Istanbul and Santo Domingo.

Anthony Leeds

Leeds conducted field work among the Yaruro people in Venezuela, in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, in the barriadas of Lima, Peru, and on labor migration in Portugal.

Anthony Lima

Lima became Mayor Julio Alcantara's deputy from 1 August 2011 until he took over the mayoralty himself on 1 August 2012 following an appointment which enjoyed unanimous support across the Gibraltar Parliament.

Assembly of God Bethlehem Ministry

In 2008, Ministério do Belém was chaired by Pastor José Wellington Bezerra da Costa, who succeeded Pastor Cicero Canuto de Lima, who also had chaired the CGADB.

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Vargas Llosa's novel was later adapted as a Hollywood feature film, Tune in Tomorrow, in which the setting was moved from Lima to New Orleans.

Battle of Miraflores

The Battle of Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru.

Boliviana de Aviación

Boliviana de Aviación also plans to open new routes for 2011: Caracas (Venezuela), Havana (Cuba), Lima (Perú) and Santiago (Chile).

Caral

Caral, or Caral-Supe, was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru, some 200 km north of Lima.

Catalina Casino

Additionally, the theatre still has its original 4-manual, 16 rank theatre pipe organ built by the Page Organ Company of Lima, Ohio.

Copa Movistar

The Copa Movistar is a surfing competition, currently presented by Rip Curl and Samsung, a 2-Star World Qualification Series event held at the San Bartolo District in Lima, Peru.

George Ohsawa

They are, in particular, Herman Aihara in California, Roland Yasuhara in Belgium (where LIMA, the well-known manufacturer of macrobiotic products was born), Tomio Kikuchi in Brazil, Clim Yoshimi in France, and Michio Kushi in Massachusetts.

Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport

Aerolíneas Argentinas used to use Jujuy Airport for refuelling before long flights to Bogotá, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Lima.

Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke

He then traveled to Peru where he started work at the Javier Prado Museum of Natural History in Lima, an institution affiliated with the National University of San Marcos.

Harris Whitbeck

Since joining CNN in 1991, Whitbeck has reported on worldwide events including the war in Iraq and its aftermath, the U.S. led war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, the rebellion in Chiapas, several papal visits to Latin America and the hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima.

Henry Segerstrom

In March 1967, Segerstrom, along with his cousin Hal T. Segerstrom, Jr., opened a shopping center called South Coast Plaza in one of the family's lima bean fields in rapidly growing Orange County.

Hornby's Storm Petrel

It is thought to breed between March and July, as this is when fledglings are regularly seen at sea around Lima (in Peru) and Antofagasta (in Chile).

Louis-Léon Cugnot

Monument to the Battle of Callao, with a finial figure of Nike, historical and allegorical bronzes, and friezes of the battle, for Plaza Dos de Mayo, Lima, Peru, circa 1873

Luis Aguirre Pinto

Four years later he began his first continental tour with Angela Ferrari, European tango performer, and in Lima, composed one of his first popular songs, the waltz Reminiscencia.

Marcahuasi

It is about 4 square kilometers in area, and is located almost 4,000 meters high in Huarochirí Province, east of Lima, Peru.

Organization of American States Secretary General election, 2005

The press had initially speculated that Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros, the current foreign minister of Peru, would have been a likely "consensus" candidate in the new scenario, and on 12 April, the Lima daily Perú 21 gave the name of former transitional president Valentín Paniagua as another option.

Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge

The Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge (translation: marshes of town) in Lima, Peru is a protected habitat for 150 species of birds including the plunger, colored duck, Puna Ibis (Yanavico), parihua and white heron, considered as the queen of the marshes for its beauty and rhythmic flight.

Park of the Exposition

In the beginning the largest, covering the current and contemporary Park of the Reserve and the land where now stands the Estadio Nacional, were part of the park.

Pennsylvania Route 452

Past this intersection, PA 452 heads past homes in the community of Lima, reaching its northern terminus at an intersection with PA 352.

Peter López

López was born in Irvine, California, in the United States, but aged five his family returned to live in Surquillo (Lima, Peru) for a few years.

Red April

“Ayacucho is a strange place. The seat of the Wari culture was here, and then the Chanka people, who never allowed themselves to be subjugated by the Incas. And later were the indigenous uprisings because Ayacucho was the half-way point between Cuzco, the Inca capital, and Lima, the Spaniards’ capital. And independence in Quinua (cf., Quinua, Peru). And Sendero. This place is condemned to be bathed in blood and fire forever, Chacaltana.”(Roncagliolo, p. 245 Spanish edition).

Regatas Lima

Club de Regatas Lima (CRL) (translation= Lima Regatta Club) is a sports club in Lima, Peru.

Rossy Evelin Lima

Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla (born August 18, 1986 in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico), is a linguist and poet.

Silver Wheaton

The six mines from which the company gets most of its silver are : San Dimas, Penasquito, Barrick (made up of five parts), Yauliyacu, Zinkgruvan, Cozamin and Minto.

Sporting Cristal

Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division.

Stephen S.F. Chen

In November, 2008 he traveled with Lien Chan, special envoy of President Ma Ying-Jeou to the APEC meeting in Lima, Peru where in a side meeting they met with the People's Republic of China's President Hu Jintao, in the highest level of official exchange between mainland China and Taiwan on an international stage.

Take it Sleezy

It was produced by music engineer Johnny Lima and was recorded at Suspect Studios, San Jose, California.

Theo Constanté

The work of Theo Constanté can be found in galleries, museums and collections throughout Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Cali, São Paulo, Miami, New York, Paris, and Madrid.

Tomcito

Racing at Lima, Peru's Hipodromo de Montericco, Tomcito won his debut race in such impressive fashion that his handlers decided to enter him in the September 23 Group One Clasico Polla de Potrillos (Peruvian 2000 Guineas).

Tonejet

Tonejet was first disclosed in Patent Cooperation Treaty publication WO 93/11866 dated June 24, 1993, with the inventor named as Luis Lima-Marques, and assigned to Research Laboratories of Australia Pty.

Vichama

The name has been adopted by a theatre group from Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru, which works worldwide, raising issues involving social responsibility and involvement.

Whisky Romeo Zulu

The film is named after the NATO phonetic alphabet version of the identifier of the accident aircraft, LV-WRZ (Lima Victor – Whisky Romeo Zulu)

Women in the California Gold Rush

Other French prostitutes showed up from French settlements in Lima Peru and Santiago Chile.