PERU

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.

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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.

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.