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| | Arequipa, Peru |
 | | Arequipa is Peru's second largest, with a population of approximately 700,000. |
 | | Arequipa is known as 'la ciudad blanca', 'the white city', and may people believe that this is because of the sillar. |
 | | Arequipa city and towns in the region have spawned a number of renowned, and infamous, Peruvian figures, including the writer Mario Vargas Llosa, the former leader of the Shining Path Abimael Guzmán, former president Fernando Belaunde Terry and Vladimiro Montesinos, the leader of Peru 's intelligence service during Alberto Fujimori's term of office. |
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