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National University of San Marcos

The National University of San Marcos is a public research university located in , the capital of . In the Americas, it is the first officially established and the oldest continuously operating university.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: public research university in Lima, Peru
  • Also known as: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”, “University of San Marcos”, and “UNMSM”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Estadio Universidad San Marcos and Huaca San Marcos.

Stadium
The Estadio de la UNMSM is a multi-purpose stadium located in , , belonging to the National University of San Marcos. It was inaugurated on May 13, 1951, with a seating capacity of 32,000 and covers an area of 48,782 m2.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 400 metres southwest of National University of San Marcos.

Archaeological site
Photo: Henrrlu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km east of National University of San Marcos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Lima and Lima.

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Western Lima includes the Chorrillos, San Isidro, Magdalena del Mar, Pueblo Libre, San Miguel districts of Lima, to the south of the Rimac River and west of Av. Arequipa. The related districts of , and have their own pages.

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is the capital of and its largest city. Founded in 1535 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the modern city is a curious mix of the modern mega city with some 'islands of modernity', large but orderly slum areas and colonial architecture in downtown.

Quarter
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is a in . It is the southernmost area of the district. It limits to the north, with the historic centre of Lima; to the east, with ; to the south, with ; and to the west, with . is situated 6 km east of National University of San Marcos.

National University of San Marcos

Latitude
-12.05833° or 12° 3′ 30″ south
Longitude
-77.08333° or 77° 5′ west
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
57V4WWR8+MM
Geo­Names ID
10173794
Wiki­data ID
Q270145
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“National University of San Marcos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة سان ماركوس الوطنية”
  • Arabic: “جامعه سان ماركوس الوطنيه”
  • Armenian: “Սան Մարկոս համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Asturian: “UNMSM”
  • Aymara: “San Markus Jach’a Yatiñ Uta”
  • Aymara: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Aymara: “UNMSM”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Marcos Universiteti”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Markos Universiteti”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ўніверсітэт Сан-Маркас”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ўнівэрсытэт Сан-Маркаса”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны ўнівэрсытэт сьвятога Марка”
  • Belarusian: “Унівэрсытэт Сан-Маркаса”
  • Belarusian: “Унівэрсытэт сьвятога Марка”
  • Bhojpuri: “सैन मार्कोस राष्ट्रीय विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Bulgarian: “Национален университет де Сан Маркос”
  • Bulgarian: “Национален университет Сан Маркос”
  • Catalan: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Catalan: “Universitat Nacional Major de San Marcos”
  • Catalan: “Universitat Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Catalan: “UNMSM”
  • Chinese: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Chinese: “UNMSM”
  • Chinese: “国立圣马尔科斯大学”
  • Chinese: “国立圣马科斯大学”
  • Chinese: “国立圣马马尔科斯大学”
  • Chinese: “國立聖馬爾科斯大學”
  • Czech: “Národní univerzita svatého Marka”
  • Czech: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Czech: “Univerzita San Marcos”
  • Czech: “Univerzita svatého Marka”
  • Czech: “UNMSM”
  • Danish: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Dutch: “Nationale Universiteit van San Marcos”
  • Dutch: “Universiteit San Marcos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة سان ماركوس الوطنيه”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefa Nacia Universitato de San Marcos”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Granda Universitato de Sankta Marko”
  • Esperanto: “UNMSM”
  • Estonian: “San Marcose ülikool”
  • Finnish: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Finnish: “UNMSM”
  • French: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • French: “université de San Marcos”
  • French: “université nationale de San Marcos”
  • French: “université nationale principale de San Marcos”
  • French: “Université nationale principale de San Marcos”
  • French: “UNMSM”
  • Galician: “Universidade Nacional Maior de San Marcos”
  • Georgian: “სან-მარკოს ნაციონალური უნივერსიტეტი”
  • Georgian: “სან-მარკოსის ეროვნული უნივერსიტეტი”
  • Georgian: “სან-მარკოსის ნაციონალური უნივერსიტეტი”
  • German: “Hauptnationaluniversität San Marcos”
  • German: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • German: “Universidad San Marcos”
  • German: “Universität San Marcos”
  • German: “Universität von Peru”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Πανεπιστήμιο του Σαν Μάρκος”
  • Hebrew: “האוניברסיטה הלאומית סן מרקוס”
  • Hungarian: “San Marcos Egyetem”
  • Indonesian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Indonesian: “Universitas Nasional San Marcos”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Náisiúnta San Marcos”
  • Italian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Italian: “Università Nazionale Maior di San Marcos”
  • Italian: “Università Nazionale Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルコス大学”
  • Japanese: “サンマルコス大学”
  • Japanese: “国立サン・マルコス大学”
  • Japanese: “国立サンマルコス大学”
  • Korean: “리마산마르코스 주 국립 대학교”
  • Korean: “리마산마르코스 주 국립대학교”
  • Korean: “산마르코스 국립 대학교”
  • Latin: “Academia Sancti Marci Urbis Regum in Peruvia”
  • Latin: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Latin: “Universitas Nationalis Maior Sancti Marci”
  • Latin: “Universitatem Nationalem Maiorem Sancti Marci”
  • Latin: “UNMSM”
  • Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis pagrindinis Šv. Morkaus universitetas”
  • Lithuanian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Lithuanian: “UNMSM”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “UNMSM”
  • Norwegian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Маркосы университет”
  • Ossetian: “Университет Сан-Маркос”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه ملی سن مارکوس”
  • Polish: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Polish: “Uniwersytet Świętego Marka”
  • Polish: “UNMSM”
  • Portuguese: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Nacional de San Marcos”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Nacional Maior de São Marcos”
  • Portuguese: “UNMSM”
  • Quechua: “Mama Llaqtap San Markus Kuraq Yachay Sunturnin”
  • Quechua: “San Markus Hatun Yachay Sunturnin”
  • Quechua: “San Markus Yachay Sunturnin”
  • Quechua: “Universidad de San Marcos”
  • Quechua: “Universidad Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Quechua: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Quechua: “Universidad San Marcos”
  • Quechua: “UNMSM”
  • Romanian: “Universitatea Națională San Marcos”
  • Russian: “San Marcos al dia”
  • Russian: “Universidad de San Marcos”
  • Russian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Russian: “UNMSM”
  • Russian: “Главный национальный университет Сан-Маркос”
  • Russian: “Национальный университет Сан-Маркос”
  • Russian: “Университет Сан-Маркос”
  • Russian: “Университет Сан-Маркоса”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oilthigh Nàiseanta San Marcos”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Slovenian: “Narodna univerza San Marcos”
  • Slovenian: “UNMSM”
  • Spanish: “Decana de America”
  • Spanish: “Decana de América”
  • Spanish: “La Decana de America”
  • Spanish: “Real Universidad de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Real y Pontificia Universidad de la Ciudad de los Reyes de Lima”
  • Spanish: “Real y Pontificia Universidad de Lima”
  • Spanish: “Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Universidad de San Marcos de Lima”
  • Spanish: “Universidad de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Nacional de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Universidad San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “UNMSM”
  • Swedish: “San Marcos universitet”
  • Swedish: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Tagalog: “Pambansang Unibersidad ng San Marcos”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Маркос университеты”
  • Ukrainian: “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • Ukrainian: “UNMSM”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний університет Сан-Маркос”
  • Ukrainian: “Університет Сан-Маркос”
  • Urdu: “قومی جامعہ سن مارکوس”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل یونیورسٹی آف سان مارکوس”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol San Marcos”
  • “Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”
  • “UNMSM”
  • “सैन मार्कोस राष्ट्रीय विश्वविद्यालय”

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