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Peru[purOO´] Pronunciation Key, city (1990 pop. 12,843), seat of Miami co., N Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1847. It is a trade, processing, and rail center for a fertile agricultural area. Among its products are furniture, plastic and metal items, stationery, machinery, processed food, and electrical equipment. The annual summer Circus City Festival commemorates the seven circuses that once wintered there. Peru is the birthplace of Cole Porter. Grisson Air Force Base is to the south.
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