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23,8 million inhabitants approximately .

National Anthem

• XVème - XVIème: development of the INCA Empire (of Chile in current Colombia) starting from Cuzco.
• 1532-1534: Pizarro destroys the INCA Empire devastated by internal wars. Capital creation of Lima of the Vice royalty of Peru.
• 1780-1781: popular rising.
• 1821: proclamation of the independence which will become effective in 1824. 1879-1883: war against Chile and loss of the south of the country.
• 1941-1942: war with Ecuador.
• 1982-1983: following the effects of several dictatorships, development of the movement Maoist of the Luminous Path (whose principal heads will be stopped in 92) and guerrilla.
• 1991: epidemic of cholera.
• 1995: border conflict with Ecuador.

Spanish, Indian languages, Quechua spoken by nearly 40 % of the population and then Aymara. English in the tourist zones.

• Voltage : 110 volts  get an American adapter,
• driving to the right
• Country motto :   Stable and happy for our union (Firme y feliz por la union) 

Sol nuevo. 

Visa : Canadian visitors please consult this handy site  Travel information and advisory reports. For all other nationals please consult your Peruvian embassy or consulate in your country of origin

Weavings, potteries, leathers, jewels, ponchos, bonnets and wool bags of Lama

• Ceviche (raw fish), potato (in Soup or main dish), pisco (grape alcohol), chicha (fermented corn alcohol). Many markets on which one can eat for little.
• You will be able to taste many beers of Peruvian manufacture; the most current marks are; Crystal, Arequipena and Cusquena. The best Peruvian wines are the tarama and the ocucaje. The national aperitif is the " Pisco sour ", containing marc of grape, green lemon, egg white, " of will angostura " and a cinnamon pinch. The national popular drink, little alcoholized, is la"chicha ", containing honey and corn.

Papas a la huancaina Potatoes or papas used are yellow.

Ingredients for 4 
preparation time: 15 min.
cooking time: less then an hour

• 350 G of potatoes with yellow flesh
• 200 G of soft white cheese
• 2 oranges s
• 1 spoon of powdered
• 4 hard cooked eggs
• some lettuce sheets

Preparation

1. Make a sauce by mixing soft white cheese, the orange juice and the pepper powder;
2. peel the dads or potato; put in sauce and leave it until the potatoes are cooked;
3. Deposit then in a plate with scaled hard-boiled egg rolled in a lettuce sheet
4. Sometimes olives are added.

Located just at the south of Ecuador on the Pacific coast of South America. The country rises gradually amid the arid tape of the Andes, dominated in the south by volcano; about half of the Peruvian population lives in its mountainous areas. The common border with Bolivia crosses the lake Titicaca, the lake is the highest navigable one in the world.

Plaza San Martin in Lima

Lima capital of the country lies on the southern bank of Rio Rimac, near the Pacific and at a dozen kilometers off the port of El Callao which forms part of its agglomeration. The city occupies an oasis letting it enjoy a wet climate on a desert coast, it was founded in January 1535 by Pizarro under the name of Ciudad de Los Reyes, capital of the Vice royalty of Peru in 1543. Lima was until the XVIII century the principal base of Spain in South America, the center of all its possessions in the continent. Its preeminence, after independence (1821), was not exerted any more but on the territory of current Peru

The city gathers today more than 20 % of the population of the country and the essence of its administrative, economic and intellectual activities. It is the fifth town of South America by its size. It presents a beautiful gallery of monuments from the XVII and XVIII  century: the cathedral, the churches Jesus Maria Y José, of Merced, of San Francisco, the palate Torre Tagle Not to miss the national Museum of anthropology and archaeology, museum Oro del Peru.

Peruvian Dance  

Inca Costumes          

Sechin Ruins

Arid or desert coastal areas are often covered by low clouds and persistent fogs (garua) which explains why Lima always knows fresh winters, in spite of the proximity of the equator. The slopes of the Andes, with the climate more moderated, are characterized by a strong thermal amplitude and a wet season, while the tropical basin of Amazonia records precipitations all year.

On the coast the average temperatures oscillate between 14 C and 27 C while the high plateau knows a cold and dry time almost all the year, with temperatures going from 9 C to 18 C, the rain season goes from December to May. The jungle enjoys a hot and wet climate; the temperatures vary from 25 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius.

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