Republic Peru Terrain more than on 1600 km it was drew through along Pacific coast of the South America. The population - nearby 22,9 million persons. More 50 % the Indians speaking on kechua and ajmara compound. Capital - Lima.
the History of Peru leaves in depth of centuries. The powerful civilisation inkov has abandoned here assemblage of monuments of the crop - the rests of grandiose temples and palaces, a network of dazzling roads, water pipelines, etc. With 1532 year in the country the Spaniards who have exported the bulk of oofs inkskoj of empire overtopped. Only in 1821 to year of Peru has won independence.
the country Nature is contrast enough. The dry and hot deserted coast (Costa) where only occasionally there are separate trees, at traffic to the east is replaced by high-mountainous Sierra in which there are main oofs of the country - deposits of copper and rare metals, and then - the evergreen Selva representing per se an Amazonian pluviisilvae, not mentioned by activity of the person.
The Basic population of Peru is concentrated in neritic cities - Lima, Chimbote, Trujillo, and also in river valleys.
The Most interesting tourist itineraries recut the country from the West to the east (from Lima to Uanuko and further). The itinerary on the south, to lake Titicaca to which American Indian legends and legends are bound many is rather exotic. In region Titikaka Indians kechua have started to cultivate a potato which together with corn became the greatest gift of the South America to mankind.