PERÚ

CAPITAL: mapa del peru

LIMA

POPULATION:

27’219,264 Aproximately.

CURRENCY:

Nuevo Sol (S/.).

Equivalent to US$ 1 = S/. 2.85 approximately.
Equivalent to € 1.00 = S/. 4.4 approximately.

LOCATION:

12º South of the Ecuador, pacific coats of north - Central South America.

GEOGRAPHY:

Peru is a country of tropical coastline, high sierra and amazonian jungle. The andes mountain range separates a narrow coastal strip of 70 to 200 kilometers in width from the amazonian jungle.

Nature has endowed peru with an enormous variety of climates, landscapes and acosystems. Eight four of the word's 103 known ecological zones and 28 different climates are present in peru, which place it among the 5 countries with the greatest biological diversity in the world. Tthis variation allows peru to produce the world's largest grained and most tender corn, the smoothest avocado and the finest cotton fiber.

HISTORY municipalidad de lima

In the XVI century the tahuantinsuyo reached its maximum stension and the inca empire held its apogee by dominating a territory that covered part of the current countries like ecuador, colombia, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. The Head of the tahuantinsuyo society was the Inca

The son of the sun god. People of tahuantinsuyo achieved an exemplary organization, where community labor and ethics propelled the development of the cities.

The arrival of spaniards, was a product of their will of finding a rich and fabulous kingdom, so the spanish domination continued suppressing the native rebellions.

With the help of liberators Don Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar, that finally fulfilled the indepndence of Peru.

throughout its history peru has also been the place where different races and cultures met. today, peru is inhabited by descendats of all these races.

LANGUAGE:

Like most of the region, peru's official languages are castilian spanish, inherrited through the spanish conquest, and quechua, the language of the incas. English and other anguages are frequently spoken by business executives, or used in the tourist trade.

RELIGION:

The country is predominantly roman catholic, another legacy of the colonial period. This has not kept sierra populations, however, from maintaining some, inca rituals and mixing them with catholic festivals. Jews, protestants and other religious groups have also established places of worship.