Peru is located around the central portion of South America and is known as the basket of civilization for all of South America. Peru dates back into antiquity and is fun and interesting place to explore . Here are some fun facts about Peru that you may enjoy
1. Peru itself is one of the top twenty largest countries in the world and is populated by over 30 million people.
2. The country has a very diverse religious presence most are catholic, Greek Orthodox and Baptist.
3. The main language that is spoken in Peru is Spanish
4. The main source of employment in Peru is of manual labor trades such as mining and fishing. Trade is very important, because the country has a rich collection of natural resources that make it unique in South America.
5. The culture of Peru is one that is traditional Spanish but the native Indians of Peru have managed to keep their historic traditions alive and well and is seen throughout Peru.
6. Besides Brazil Peru is the only other country in south America currently to have a literate population above 90% their schooling system is second to none
7. The national health care system in Peru is also the best in South America most people can expect to have a long life well into their 70s.
8. The national sport of Peru is Football (Soccer)
9. The largest province in Peru is Lima
10. The art heritage of south America is located in Lima Peru with over 250000 ancient and modern art collections
11. Peru culture on cuisine is considered one of the most diverse in the world. In January 2004
12. Peru traditional Dances are native in origin, Some show the affect of christen influence on the natives of the country when missionaries stumbled through
13. Inca trail to machu picchuis one of the Top tourist destination in Peru
14. The country of Peru is bordered by 5 different countries
15. It is customary that all children attend a primary and secondary school or education.
16. Peru declared its regional independence from Spain in early eighteen hundreds
17. A lot of native Peruvians speak their original inherited language besides Spanish
18. The Capitol of Peru is Lima; it is one of the largest capitols in South America by population.
Peru is a very interesting country and these are only small 10 facts about it but to really experience the history and evolution of this prosperous people you will have to visit.
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Nice information about Peru, I hope I will be able to visit that country someday.
It’s good to hear that above 90% of the people is literate and it is customary for their country that children attend primary and secondary school. I think the government is giving high priority to education, I hope that the government here in the Philippines will impose a high priority to education like in Peru.
Yes Peru gives priority to education but there’s no jobs for graduates beside the education it self is at low quality.
However it stills a good place for tourism and fun.
Amgadi
Peru sound like a interesting place to visit. Will do that for my next vacation.I always like the inca people, What is the best time to visit?
Well i think it is always the time because the climate is very different from one place to another but it is better if you travel to the higlands betwen april to october and well,
there are many places and many reasons to visit Perú: arqueological places, nowadays culture in cities and provinces, just to enjoy the nature or beaches..there is a magazine I relaly like about Perú it has really interesting articles about Peruvian Culture:
http://www.onetooneperu.org/Revista-virtual.html
Byes
ou…the funniest fact is about the education, it really needs to improve nationwide