Peru is
the third-largest country in South America and is
approximately three times the size of California.
It is an area: 1.28 million sq. km. (496,225 sq. mi.).Major Cities
are Lima
(capital), Arequipa, Chiclayo,
Cuzco, Huancayo, Ica,
Trujillo, Ayacucho, Piura,
Iquitos, and Chimbote.The terrain is made up of western arid coastal plains, central
rugged
Andean mountains, and eastern lowlands with tropical forests that are
part of
the Amazon basin. The
climate
is arid and mild
in the coastal
areas, temperate to
frigid in the Andes, and warm and humid in the
jungle lowlands. Page created
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