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Jorge Chávez International Airport

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Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA: LIM, ICAO: SPIM), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez in Spanish, is Peru’s main international and domestic airport. It is located in Callao, 11 kilometers (7 mi) from the Historic Centre of Lima and 17 km (11 mi) from Miraflores. Callao is the port city now fully integrated with Lima, the nation’s capital. In 2008, the airport handled 8,288,506 passengers and 98,733 aircraft movements. In 2009, the airport handled 8,786,973 passengers and 104,966 aircraft movements, which although small, was one of the fastest increases in the Americas.

For many years it was the hub for now defunct Aeroperú and Compañía de Aviación Faucett, one of the oldest airlines in Latin America. Now it serves as a hub for many aviation companies.

 

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Estadio Universidad San Marcos

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The Estadio Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru, belonging to the National University of San Marcos. It was inaugurated on May 13, 1951, with a seating capacity of 67,469 and covers an area of 48,782 m². Safety measures have been taken and they have reduced the maximum to 43,000 for the safety of the public. The stadium is used by several Second Division teams who do not have a home ground. It has a running track and is near an archaeological excavation site.

Today is the official stadium of the football team of the university, the Club Deportivo Universidad San Marcos, which plays in the second division of Peru. Besides the stadium is used for extracurricular activities for students, teachers and administrators at the University of San Marcos.

 

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Estadio Monumental

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Estadio Monumental “U”, officially Estadio Monumental (Monumental Stadium), is a football stadium in Lima, Peru, home ground of the football club Universitario de Deportes and was designed by the Uruguayan architect Walter Lavalleja Sarriés. It was built throughout the 1990s and opened in 2000. It is Peru’s largest stadium and also the second largest in South America, behind the Maracanã in Brazil. It has a spectator-capacity of 80,093; 59,177 seated in the four stands and 20,916 in luxury box suites known as palcos. The stadium initially belonged to the construction company Gremco but was later sold to the football club. The stadium was built in accordance with FIFA’s manual of technical specifications for stadiums of the new millennium.

Estadio Monumental currently hosts the Peru national football team’s home games. The Estadio Nacional is not used by the senior team due to the artificial turf that was installed in 2005. The stadium also hosts concerts. Some well-known celebrities have performed there such as Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Gloria Estefan, Alanis Morissette, Carlos Santana, Roger Waters, and Bryan Adams.

 

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