Peru
/pəˈruː/- a country in South America on the Pacific coast, traversed throughout its length by the Andes; pop. 29,547,000 (est. 2009); official languages, Spanish and Quechua; capital, Lima.秘鲁（南美洲太平洋沿岸国家, 安第斯山脉纵贯全境; 2009年估计人口29,547,000; 官方语言为西班牙语和盖丘亚语; 首都利马）。
The centre of the Inca empire, Peru was conquered by the Spanish conquistador Pizarro in 1532. Peru was liberated by Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín in 1820-4, and a republic established. It lost territory in the south in a war with Chile （1879-83） and also had border disputes with Colombia and Ecuador in the 1930s and 1940s.
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