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Max Uhle
Friedrich Max Uhle (25 March 1856 – 11 May 1944) was a German archaeologist, whose work in Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia at the turn of the Twentieth Century had a significant impact on the practice of archaeology of South America.
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() is a German international school in
Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara language, Aymara and ), also known by its nicknames of ''Ciudad Blanca'' (Spanish for "White City") and ''León del Sur'' (Spanish for "South's Lion"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous Arequipa (province), ...
,
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It serves years 1-12.
The school's activities began in 1956.
History
In 1961, the school had 269 students, with 70 in kindergarten, 41 in transition, 138 in primary, and 20 in secondary. In 1967, it moved to its current site, a campus built for 1,360,000
German marks
The Deutsche Mark (; "German mark"), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later of unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was typically ca ...
, funded by the West German government. In 2002, the school began allowing preschool students after a 2001 installation of nine classrooms, funded by $530,000 USD on a plot of land. , the school has over 1,100 students.
Nuestra Historia
." Colegio Max Uhle. Retrieved on March 21, 2016.
See also
* German Peruvian
German Peruvians are Peruvian citizens of full or partial German ancestry. In general, the term is also applied to descendants of other German-speaking immigrants, such as Austrians or the Swiss, or to someone who has immigrated to Peru from G ...
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Colegio Max Uhle
Arequipa
German international schools in Peru
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