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ABOUT PERU

PERU

Peru is the third largest country in South America, with an area of 1285215 km. square after Brazil and Argentina, among the 20 nations of the world's largest. Peru also has influence over the sea up to 200 miles off the Peruvian coast and has territorial rights over an area of 60 million hectares in Antarctica. Peru is divided into 24 departments, excluding the Constitutional Province of Callao. Lima is the capital of Peru.

CLIMATE

An arid central and southern coast, with no precipitation, with mild temperatures, very humid and cloudy with 8 out of 12 months of the year.
A mild northern coast with rain in summer, with high temperatures and bright sunshine most of the year.
A saw with seasonal rains from December to March, temperate to cold depending on the altitude and dry air more. The south is the mountain that bears the greatest cold in the months of June August.
A high jungle very rainy, with high temperatures, cloudy and very humid. A lowland rain and high temperatures.

CULTURE

The art before the Spanish colonization was based almost entirely on the production of ceramics, metal work and stone, as well as textiles. The Spaniards introduced urban planning, with cities organized as chessboard; there built houses, churches and monasteries imitating the Spanish Renaissance, or the phlegmatic style neo-baroque Spanish. A few years later, these European styles showed increasing signs of native Indian influences, resulting in a style known as the style "mongrel". The painting also imitated the European influence, but as local artists claiming to be a style "Cusqueño" new and different is developed.

ECONOMY

The main economic activities in Peru are basically formed by agriculture, mining, fisheries, construction and trade. The majority of exports are raw materials and primary processing (69.5%), followed by the products of processing or manufacturing (29.6%) and with a minimum percentage of export services or tertiary production (0.9%).

FLORA AND FAUNA

For its geographic location it should be up to Peru tropical rainforest in the whole of its territory. However, due to the presence of the Andes have led many ecosystems themselves.

LANGUAGE AND RELIGION

Español: 80,3%

Spanish: 80.3%
Quechua: 16.2%
Other Languages: 3.0%
Foreign languages: 0.2%
As part of its cultural wealth, in Peru there are a multitude of languages. Although Spanish is the language of common usage, Quechua is an important legacy of the Inca past and in many regions of the country still speaks with slight variations depending on the region.
There are also other dialects such as the Aymara (Puno) and various Amazonian languages that are spread in a surprising variety of families of those who, even in these days, surviving nearly 15 trunks language, leading to 38 different languages.
Religion
Catholics: 89%
Evangelicals: 7%
Other religions: 6%
Peru is a believing people by nature: the diversity of beliefs and freedom of worship are manifested in a variety of festivals and rituals that reflect both the Catholic fervor, part of Spanish heritage, as the mysticism of the ancient pre-Hispanic cultures.

POPULATION

The total population of Peru amounted to 28 million 220 thousand 764 inhabitants by 2008, with a slight majority of women (50.4%) and life expectancy is 69 years.
Throughout its history, Peru has been the meeting point of different races and cultures. A native joined the population, nearly 500 years ago, the Spaniards. Proceeds from this encounter, then enriched with the migration of blacks, Asians and Europeans, the man emerge Peruvian representative of a nation whose ethnic richness is one of its most important features.

Actualizado el 16/09/2008