Peru

Geography of Peru Peru, in western South America, extends for nearly 1,500 mi (2,414 km) along the Pacific Ocean. Colombia and Ecuador are to the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, and Chile to the south. Five-sixths the size of Alaska, Peru is divided by the Andes Mountains into three sharply differentiated zones. To the west is the coastline, much of it arid, extending 50 to 100 mi (80 to 160 km) inland. The mountain area, with peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m), lofty plateaus, and deep valleys, lies centrally. Beyond the mountains to the east is the heavily forested slope leading to the Amazonian plains.

Peru Land Area: 494, 208 square miles Population: 29, 549, 517 Capital and Largest City: Lima (8.769 million) Another Large City: Arequipa Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Agriculture (crops grown) Asparagus Coffee Cocoa Cotton Sugarcane Rice Potatoes Corn Plantains Grapes Oranges Pineapples Guavas Bananas Apples Lemons Pears Coca Tomatoes Mango Barley Palm oil Onion Wheat Dry beans Poultry Beef Dairy products Fish Guinea pigs

Exports (What Peru sells to other countries.) Copper Gold Zinc Tin Iron Ore Oil Natural gas Coffee Potatoes Asparagus and other vegetables Fruit Clothing Fish *** Earns the country: $46.27 billion each year

Imports (What Peru buys from other countries.) petroleum products chemicals plastics, Machinery vehicles color TV sets power shovels front-end loaders, Telephones iron Steel wheat Corn soybean products paper Cotton vaccines and medicines

Andes Mountains in Peru 50 peaks over 19, 685 feet 1769 glaciers 12, 000 lakes and lagoons of different lengths and depths

Fun Facts Peru has 800 airports. Peru has million people on the internet 81.3% are Roman Catholic Ollanta Humala is the president since The potato is originally from Peru and they produce over 3,000 varieties. The corn from Peru is a variety with the biggest kernals in the world.

Fun Facts The avocado is originally from Peru and they produce the softest variety. The finest cottons in the world, Pima and Tanguis are Peruvian. The oldest newspaper in South America is El Peruano, founded by Simon Bolivar in Lima in 1825 One of the highest train pass in the world is in Ticlio at 4815 meters above sea level (15793 feet). This passenger train is now again departing from Lima once a week.

Fun Facts In Peru, you can find 1701 species of birds, making it the most in any country in the world. You can find 28 different climates in Peru, making it to be one of the 5 biggest biodiversities in the world. The Amazon river, which starts in Peru, is the largest river in the world by volume (with a total river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined) and one of the two cleanest (Congo river being the other). It flows 150,000 cubic meters per second.