Portal:Peru/Did you know/4

Twelve-angled rock in Hatun Rumiyoq street

...that Inca architecture (wall pictured) is widely known for its fine masonry, which features precisely cut and shaped stones?
...that after its defeat in the War of the Pacific the Peruvian Army was rebuilt under the guidance of a French Military Mission?
...that the sol, the currency of Peru, was introduced in July 1991 at a rate of one per one million intis?
...that in 1996 the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, starting a hostage crisis?
...that UBIGEO is a coding system used by the Peruvian National Statistics Institute to identify national administrative subdivisions?