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Peru General Information |
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Peru is located in the west central
part of South America. It encompasses an area of 498,222 square
miles (1 `285, 215 km2) and can be compared in size to Spain,
France and former West Germany combined. In South America, only
Brazil and Argentina are larger. Peru is the 19th largest
country in the world. Peru is bordered to the north by Ecuador,
to the south by Chile and Bolivia, to the east by Colombia and
Brazil and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a varied and diverse country due to the climatic,
natural and cultural diversity of its regions. It is 1,554 miles
(2,500 km) long, and has 3 natural regions: coast, sierra and
jungle.
The climate of Peru varies widely, ranging from tropical in the
montaņa to arctic in the highest mountains of the Andes. Average
temperatures decrease about 1.7 Celsius degrees (about 3
Fahrenheit degrees) with every 450-m (1,500-ft) increase in
elevation. Permanent snow and ice fields cover peaks more than
5,000 m (16,500 ft) above sea level, and the highest elevation
at which the land is suitable for agriculture is about 4,400 m
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