Geography

Peru's territory has an area of 1,285,216 km?. It is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia on the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, and finally Chile and Bolivia to the south. To the west lies the Pacific Ocean. Its population has more than 27 million inhabitants that speak Spanish, with others bilingual in Quechua or Aymara and other native languages.

Eastern Peru consists mostly of the moist tropical jungles of the Amazon Rain Forest, the largest on Earth. In the southeast along the border with Bolivia lies Lake Titicaca — the highest navigable lake in the world. The Altiplano plateau is a dry basin located along the slopes of the Andes in southeastern Peru. Along the border with Chile, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on the planet.

Valle del Colca, ArequipaThe Peruvian Sea is home to a large amount and variety of fish life. The Sechura Desert is located in northwestern Peru along the Pacific coastline.

The main rivers of Peru include the Ucayali, Maranon, Amazon (which is formed by the confluence of the Maranon and the Ucayali), Putumayo, Pastaza, Napo, Jurua, and the Purus.

View of the beach in Punta SalPeru is divided in 24 departments and one constitutional province.

The largest main cities include: Lima (the capital and the economic and cultural centre), Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Callao (the contitutional province), Cusco (the capital of the ancient Inca Empire), Piura, Tacna, Ica, Puno, Chimbote, Huancayo, Cajamarca, Pucallpa, and Iquitos.

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