Saturday, November 30, 2013

Peru

  • Capital: Lima
  • Major Cities
    • Cuzco
    • Arequipa
  • Major Geographical Features
    • Andes Mountains
    • Amazon Forest
    • Amazon River
    • Lake Titicaca
  • Official Name: Republic of Peru
  • Religion: Roman Catholic
  • Languages
    • Spanish (official)
    • Quechua (official, Incan language)
    • Aymara
  • Lake Titicaca:  world's highest navigable lake
    • Peru shares control of the lake with Bolivia
  • The remote Lake McIntyre is the source of the Amazon River
  • Independence: 1821 from Spain
  • 1980: Democratic rule established
  • Government: constitutional republic
  • Name Meaning: "Land of Abundance" in Quechua
  • Currency: Nueva Sol
  • 1/2 of Peru is the Amazon Forest
  • Home to 3,700 butterfly species
  • Home to the 2nd largest rodent (capybara)
  • Inca Empire: largest known empire in the Americas
  • Alaska is slightly larger than Peru
  • Literacy: 92.9%
  • The population of Lima is slightly less than 1/4 of Peru's total population

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