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Main Square Cusco – Peru
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Peru
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Peru, the
largest in area in the Andean countries, was the cradle
of the most advanced indigenous civilizations and most
powerful empire in pre-Columbian South America-that of
the Incas. Peru was also the focus of Spanish colonial
domination for its first two hundred years of rule. What
remained of pre-Columbian America with regard to people,
culture, and settlements is perhaps better represented
in Peru than in any other country. The country has a
2,400 kilometer (1,500 miles) long coast on the Pacific
Ocean and borders Colombia and Ecuador in the north,
Brazil and Bolivia on the east, and Chile on the south.
It is the only country that borders all the other Andean
states.
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| Area |
1,285,216 sq. km |
(496,225 sq. mi.)
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| Capital
City |
Lima |
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| Gross
National Product per capita |
$ 1,470 |
(1987 estimate) |
| Currency
unit |
Nuevo Sol |
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Population |
28'853,000 |
(2003 estimate) |
| Density |
40.7 persons/sq. mi. |
(1986 estimate) |
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Urban-rural population |
70.2 % urban, 29.8%
rural |
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| Nartural
increase |
2.5% |
(1985-1990) |
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Illiteracy rate |
15.2% |
(1985 estimate) |
| Highest
point |
22,205 ft |
(Huascaran) |
| Main
cities |
Arequipa, Trujillo,
Chicalyo, Cusco |
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| National
Holiday |
Independence Day, 28-29
July |
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