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.
LOCATION AND SIZE. Peru is located on South America's central Pacific coast. The world's twentieth-largest nation, it borders Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile to the east and south, and Colombia and Ecuador to the north. Lima, the capital, is located on the central coast. Peru's 1,326,074 square kilometers (512,000 square miles) make it roughly the size of Alaska. Lima is approximately the size of Rhode Island.