EXTENSION

Peru is third country of greater extension in South America with 1.285.215.6 km2, being situated thus among the 20 most extensive countries of the planet. It possesses, besides, 200 nautical miles, counting from the coastal line, and right territorial on a surface of 60 million hectares in the Antarctica

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIÓN

Capital: Lima
El Perú se encuentra organizado políticamente en 25 regiones (Amazonas, Ancash, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima-Provincias, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martín, Tacna, Tumbes y Ucayali), además de la capital, Lima Metropolitana, que no tiene estatus regional. Estas regiones están subdivididas en provincias; las cuales están conformadas por distritos. El Perú cuenta con 194 provincias y 1821 distritos.

POPULATION

27.000.000 inhabitants.
- Urban: 72,3%
- Rural: 27,7%

Peru is a nation racially mixed, whose origins stem from different nations and cultures; such as the native and the Spaniard (mostly), besides other originating of the Africa, Asia and other parts of Europe; whose migrations were originated by diverse causes.

LANGUAGES

- Castellano: 80,3%
- Quechua: 16,2%
- Other languages: 3,2%

Even when Spanish is the language of common use, Peru presents a great variety of native tongues; as for example the Quechua, which is considered like one of the most important inheritances of the Inca Empire and even is spoken in different parts of Peru, although with light variant according to the region. Likewise, other tongues exist like the Aymara (Puno) and a great diversity of Amazon dialects; which they are divided into of 15 linguistic trunks and 43 different tongues.

GOVERNMENT

Peru is a democratic republic, whose President and members of the Congress are chosen each five years by universal voting. The current Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru is the Dr. Alan Garcia Pérez (2006-2011).

CURRENCY

The “Nuevo Sol” or New Sun (S/.) is the official currency of Peru. Each New Sun equals to 100 hundredth. Currently there are currencies of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 hundredth and of 1, 2, and 5 New Suns. The two first (1 and 5 hundredth) they are of use restricted. Only they are accepted in banks and large shopping centers.

The bills in circulation have the following denominations: 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 New Suns. It is advised to include currencies and bills of low denomination, especially for its small purchases and its crossings to the far away and small towns, where the change of a bill of 100 new suns can bring unusual complications.

RELIGION

In Peru there is freedom of worship, but the great majority of the population is Romanesque apostolic Catholic. Nevertheless, in recent years a considerable increment of the so much, evangelical churches in the cities has been produced like in the rural zones.

RELIGION

Lima 12 PM
Nueva York: 01 PM
Buenos Aires: 02 PM
Londres : 06 PM
Berlin: 07 PM
París: 07 PM
Tokio : 02 AM next day
Sydney: 03 AM next day

CLIMATE

In Peru 28 types of climates exist. Nevertheless, to have a general vision of the weather conditions of the country, we will divide their territory in three regions of study: coast, saw and forest. The climatic characteristics in each one of these regions are:

In the Coast, two stations are identified clearly: summer and winter. The first one goes from December to March, with temperatures that average the 27° centigrade. The winter (from June to September) is characterized for its days cold, humid and light drizzles.

In the Highland, with two stations very marked: drought and the season of rains. The dry epoch (May to October) is characterized for its sunny days, its very cold nights and its rarely rains, being the best season to visit the zone. In the rainy station (December to March), the haste are constant and unpredictable. Another private characteristic of the highland, is the strong variation of temperatures in a same day, the same that can fluctuate among the 2° centigrade to the 20° centigrade.

• In the Amazon, is characterized for a tropical and humid climate, what explains its abundant vegetation and valuable biodiversity. In the summer (from May to October) the days are intensely sunny and the temperatures surpass the 30° centigrade. The epoch of rains (November to March) is marked by the strong haste (several hours can last) and the consequent one grown of the rivers.

TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

In recent years the telephone cover (fixed and cell) has been expanded and modernized in Peru. It suffices with placing currencies or to include a card prepayment, to carry out national and international calls since any phone booth. The basic cost of a local call since a pay phone is of 50 hundredth (to fixed) and of a sun (to cell); for the national calls one must place a sun (to fixed) and two suns (to cell), as a minimum.

A very popular and economic alternative to be communicated with the outside is the Internet. In Peru numerous cabins exist or cyber coffees (inclusive in far away and small towns), that offer the service of calls to the outside and the access to the web. The cost by an hour of Internet oscillates, generally, between one and three new suns.