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Plaza de Armas, Arequipa 2006
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The city flag displays the city's coat of arms on a crimson field, confirmed by historians in the 1940s.

Arequipa
Peru
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Arequipa

Peru

Country
Peru
Population
1.0M
Coordinates
-16.41, -71.54
311th most populous city in the world

Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the capital of Arequipa Province and the Department of Arequipa. With a projected population of 1,195,700 in 2025, it is the country's second most populous city after Lima. It is the official seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and is known as the "Legal Capital of Peru".

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