PERU
Name:
Peru.
Capital:
Lima.
Continent:
America.
Location:
Peru is located in the central westen part of South America.
Language:
Castellano, quechuas y aimara, etc.
Area:
1.285 millions km².
Population:
32,51 milions.
Monetary
unit: Sol.
Governments:
Nestor Popolizio, Jose Modesto Huerta, Mauro Medina, Salvador Heresi
Chicoma, David Tuesta Cardenas, Raul Perez-Reyes, Gustavo Mostajo,
Francisco Ismodes, Roger Valencia, Fabiola Muñoz, Silvia Pessah,
Javier Pique, Daniel Alfaro Paredes, Edmer Trujillo Mori, Christian
Sanchez Reyes, Liliana La Rosa, Ana Maria Mendieta and Patricia
Balbuena.
Flag:
Weather:
there
are three climated
zones:
- a desert coastal strip (called la Costa), with a mild climate, cloudy and foggy in winter and pleasantly warm in summer;
- the Andean zone (la Sierra), more or less cold depending on altitude;
- finally, the large eastern area covered by the Amazonian forest (la Selva), with a hot and humid climate throughout the year.
- a desert coastal strip (called la Costa), with a mild climate, cloudy and foggy in winter and pleasantly warm in summer;
- the Andean zone (la Sierra), more or less cold depending on altitude;
- finally, the large eastern area covered by the Amazonian forest (la Selva), with a hot and humid climate throughout the year.
Monuments:
Arco
de Santa Clara, Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro, Candelabro de
Paracas, Monumento a la Libertad, Fortaleza de Real Felipe, Monumento
al Amor.
Traditions:
Inti Rayni, Danza de Tijeras, Payments offered
to
the Earth and Weavers of the Taquile Island.
Things
to do: Caballitos
de totora, Cusco: Valle Sagrado Communities and Raqchi,Puno: Titicaca
Islands.
Typical
Food: Cebiche,lomo saltado, ají de gallina, papa, rocoto relleno,
anticucho.
