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CUZCO: THE AND
CITY OF PERÚ
MON.JJMENTAL ·
as privrute institutions for ipr.i.mary and intermediate
instruction and pub1ic scJioo,ls for primary in-struction onily -
alt0>gether a suf;fiicieut numlber for the 1!tudent population of the
city •and its suburbs. There is one Bene:fi<eiary Society, one Muni·
cipaility, a Bishopric - <>ne of tihe oldest in America and the
oldest in Peru, an Ecc'lesiMtical College, four re1igious convents,
thn-ee convents and various annexes, Hou-ses of corr&etion, an
ecclesiastical s0'Jllinary an·d various benediciary institutions as well
as chlllrity in·stitutions, such as an 8JSYlum for children and an-0ther
for femalle orphian r¡hiMren. T<here. are 23 chaJpels, and r¡hureihes,
inclufüng temples.
Public Press: - TJiree daily papers, one University Review,
and seve¡ral veekly publications.
'Dha. whi 1 ixed popu1ation spea.k Spll!nis,h and Quechua,
and the na ';ve p u]ia ion Que'.~hua oniy - the latter in a forro
a,pproximating as 11ear as possiJble the original idiom, which does
not oecwr il~ 1er arts of Peru where it is noted t•hat tibe native
idiom has been [llv ed into a mixed jargon.
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