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Peru

Where is Peru? Peru is located on the South American continent. Peru is the third largest country of South America. It is completely located in the southern hemisphere.

Peru borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and five South American countries: Ecuador and Colombia to the North, Brazil and Bolivia to the East and Chile to the South.

Peru has three regions: the coastal region (narrow plain), the sierra (Andes region also called Altiplano) and the selva region. Jungle covers 60% of the country. 

Peru is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The country has many volcanos. Ubinas is the country's most active volcano and erupted last in 2009.



The climate in Peru varies from tropical in eastern rainforest region to dry desert in western coastal region. The higher Andes region has a temperate climate.

Peru is slightly smaller than the state of Alaska in the USA - and almost twice the size of Texas. Peru is about twice the size of France.

The capital city Lima is one of the ten largest cities in Latin America.

The highest mountain of Peru is the Huascarán with 6,768 m.

The largest lake in Peru is Lake Titicaca. It is located high up in the Andes region and Peru shares the lake with Bolivia. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable lake in the world! Peru has a coastline which is 2,414 km/ 1,500 miles long and the coastline is thus longer than the Pacific coastline of neighbouring Ecuador.

Machu Picchu: The ruins of the ancient Inca empire are located at about 2,500 m high up in the mountain forests.

Rainbow Mountain 'Vilicunca': This colourful mountain is located high up in the Andes mountains. The seven colours of the mountain are due to the different minerals in the soil.

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