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Republic of Peru is a country in western South America. Bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, east by Brazil, southeast by Bolivia, Chile to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant number of Peruvians speak Quechua or other native languages. This mixture of cultural traditions has resulted in a wide diversity of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature and music. Its geography varies from the arid plains of the Pacific coast to the peaks of the Andes and the rainforests of the Amazon Basin. Its main economic activities are agriculture, fisheries, mining and textile manufacturing.
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Lima "The City of Kings" is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population fast approaching 9 million, Lima is the fifth largest city in Latin America, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru. |
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Cusco, Qusqu the Cusco city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco province. The altitude is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft). Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.: |
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Huaraz is in north-central Peru, about 420 km north of Lima, and at an altitude of 3100m it is the largest population center in the agriculturally important Callejón de Huaylas valley. is a north-south valley bounded on the east by the Cordillera Blanca white snowcaps and glaciers and on the west by the Cordillera Negra no permanent snowcapped peaks or glaciers, hence black. The Cordillera Blanca includes Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru at 6768m and the third highest in the Western Hemisphere. |
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Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain chain in the world. Virtually all of the mountain range is protected by the Huascaran National Park, a paradise of snow-capped, 663 glaciers, 269 lakes and 41 rivers emerald, plus 33 archaeological sites.
The wildlife are an added attraction to the tours through these mountains, about 800 species of flowering plants , among which the Puya Raimondi, aged queñual and cactus forests found only in these mountains, Andean condors, vicuna, pumas, and more than a hundred species of birds and has plenty of trekking circuits. |
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