Coordinates: 14h 29m 42.9487s, â62Â° 40â² 46.141â³. Proxima Centauri (from Latin, meaning 'nearest [star] of Centaurus') or Alpha Centauri C is a red dwarf, a small low-mass star, about 4.25 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Centaurus.
Lima /ËliËmÉ/ is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillon, ChillÃ³n rimac RÃ­mac and, lurin lurÃ­n rivers in the central coastal part, of the Country Overlooking. the pacific oceanima is home to one of the oldest higher learning institutions in the New World. The National University of San Marcos, founded on May 12 of 1551, during Spanish colonial regime, is the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas.
Spanish is but one official language of Peru, though. Quechua (the language of the Inca Empire) was recently given official status and is still widely spoken, especially in the highlands, and there's a movement afoot to include Aymara as a national language.