History :
The occupation of the area dates B.C. of the 10.000, when hunters' groups n�mades traveled the valleys and Limean costs in search of animals, shellfish or fish with those which to feed. Toward the century II D.C. the culture Lima acquired great force in the area. Their members built adobe pyramids and they developed a refined ceramic in which the color orange prevails. In the century VIII D.C. the influence Wari arrived to Limean lands. In those years you Cajamarquilla, urban center of great importance in the coast built. To the one to decay the influence Wari (1100 D.C.), the local power resurged and two areas they acquired great prestige: Chancay, prodigious weavers' culture, and Pachac�mac, ceremonial center of unquestionable prestige in the Andes. The city of Lima, been founded by Francisco Pizarro January of 1535, 18 was considered during almost three centuries the viceregal capital of America of the South. After the decision of Pizarro of transforming Lima into the capital of their government, different Hispanic authorities established their residence in the city. Its official name it was City of the Reyes, although with passing of the time people he/she preferred to call it daily Lima. For some specialists the word Lima R�mac comes from a deformation of the name of the river in whose margins you it founded the city. Others propose, rather that the name was an old word with the one that was denominated to the lands of Taulichusco, Mister that dominated the one fence when the Spaniards arrived. In 1821 Lima it became the capital of the independent Peru. During the first ones decades of republican life were scenario of political confrontations among different commanders. The coming of the XX century implied a renovation, because the city was modernized and it grew, trying to put on to tone with the big capitals of the world. In the year 2002 the department of Lima was divided in region Lima and Metropolitan Lima, the capital of the country.

Geography :
The city of Lima has an arid climate and semi-warm.

Climate :
The annual half temperature maxim is of 21,97�C (71,4�F) and the minimum of 17�C (62,7�F). however, the temperature increases in the years in that The Boy's Phenomenon is presented.

Folklore :

Tourist attractiveness :
center Historical, bigger Square Lima, Cathedral of Lima, Palacio of Government, Church and Convent of San Francisco, Park of the Wall, Church and Convent of The Merced, Aliaga, Archaeological Museum Marries Josefina Fields of Cox of the Institute Riva Omen (Papal Catholic University of the Peru), Museum of the Inquisition and of the Congress, Church of San Pedro, Palacio of Tower Tagle, Museum of the Central Bank of Reservation of the Peru, Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions of the Institute Riva Omen, Church and Convent of Sacred Domingo, Church and Monastery of Santa Rosa from Lima, Church of The Nazarenas, Museum of Art of Lima, Museum of Italian Art, Park of the Exhibition, Chinese Neighborhood, Church and Convent of the Barefoot ones, San Marcos' Large house, Mirador of the Hill San Crist�bal, Square of Bulls of Acho, Huaca Pucllana or Juliana, Museum Fakes, National Museum of Anthropology, Archaeology and History, Bridge of the Sighs, mirador of Ravine, Museum of Colonial Art Pedro of Osma, Museum of Gold, Museum of the Nation, Complex Archaeological of Pachac�mac, Area Reserved Swamps of Villa, Archaeological Place Puruchuco, Archaeological Place Cajamarquilla, Zoological Park Huachipa, Towns of Chosica and Santa Eulalia, etc.

Typical plates :
Among the typical plates of the region they highlight:

Cebiche:

fish fillet cut in pieces, cooked with lemon, onion and pepper slime.

it Pickles:

fish or chicken marinated with vinegar and sweated to the pot in abundant onion.

Carapulcra:

parboiled dry potato and cooked with chancho meats and hen, pepper panca and mirasol, garlics and other spices.

Cau-cau:

mondongo stew in small pieces with potato, toothpick and mint.

Anticuchos:

brochettes of head heart macerated in vinegar and pepper panca, roasted to the grill.

jumped Loin:

head loin itched in ribbons and fried with onion, tomato, pepper and diverse grasses; it is served with French fries and rice.

hen Pepper:

hen cooked in pieces with milk, cheese, pepper and nuts.

it Causes padded:

pasta of mellow yellow potato with milled pepper, padded with tuna or chicken.

Choros to the chalaca:

mussels encebollados with a tiny piece of pepper and mellow with lemon juice.

Tacu-tacu:

reheated of jumbled frejoles with rice accompanied by beefsteak prepared and sauce of onions.

Barrow:

concentrated soup of fish and shellfish.

Parboiled:

head meat cooked with choclo, yam, carrot, cabbage, yucca and Pope.

Fish to the chorrillana:

fish fried in onion sauce and tomato to the wine white.

Fish to the male thing:

fish fried in sauce of shellfish, with yellow pepper and garlics.

lived Mazamorra:

sweet of flour of corn lived with fresh fruits and you dry off.

I Sigh to the Limean one:

it meringues with sweet of milk and vanilla.

Nougat of Mrs. Pepa:

mass of flour with baked shortening and taken a bath with honey of chancaca and candies.

Picarones:

fried hoops of yam flour and zapallo, taken a bath with honey of chancaca or cane molasses.