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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- noun a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
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peru, travels arequipa internet shop near Plaza de Armas, Arequipa temperature: 12 C / 54 F elevation: 2,520 m / 8,268 f
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skip to sidebar arequipa internet shop near Plaza de Armas, Arequipa temperature: 12 C / 54 F elevation: 2,520 m / 8,268 f
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Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Vargas Llosa grew up in Bolivia, then returned to Peru to attend military school.
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Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Vargas Llosa grew up in Bolivia, then returned to Peru to attend military school.
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Vargas Llosa, who was born in Arequipa, Peru, spent some of his early years in Bolivia, but his family returned to Peru in 1946.
Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel committee appreciates what authorities didn't always Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Vargas Llosa grew up in Bolivia, then returned to Peru to attend military school.
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Born in Arequipa, Peru, Vargas Llosa grew up with his grandparents in Bolivia after his parents divorced, the academy said.
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature Mike McPhate 2010
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Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936, Vargas Llosa grew up in Bolivia, then returned to Peru to attend military school.
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Right now, I am in Arequipa, near the famed Colca Canyon.
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The Nazca travel agent couldn´t call Arequipa imagine a travel agent who can´t make long-distance calls! but he emailed and asked the Arequipa agent to call us.
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