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Manuel Scorza (1928–1983), novelist and poet. Hernando de Soto (economist) (born 1941), economist and essayist. Carlos Thorne Boas (born 1923), novelist, writer and lawyer. Álvaro Torres-Calderón (1975-), poet. Abraham Valdelomar (1888–1919) Blanca Varela (1926–2009), poet. Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist of the Latin American ...
List of Peru international footballers. Peru took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 and enjoyed victories in the 1938 Bolivarian Games and the 1939 Copa América, with goalkeeper Juan Valdivieso and forwards Teodoro Fernández and Alejandro Villanueva playing important roles. Peruvian football's successful period in the 1970s brought ...
Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America. [19] Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000, and its population is expected to reach approximately 46 - 51 million in 2050. [20] As of 2017, 79.3% lived in urban areas and 20.7% in rural areas. [21]
Jim Himes (born 1966), US Representative. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (born 1938), President of Peru (2016–2018). Luis Felipe de Las Casas Grieve (1916–1988), politician and engineer. Diego de Peñalosa (1621–1687) Governor of Spanish New Mexico in 1661–1664. Javier Valle Riestra (born 1932), lawyer and politician.
Peruvian Americans are Americans of Peruvian descent. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, as of 2021, 720,626 U.S. residents identify themselves as being of Peruvian origin. [1] Approximately 62% of Peruvian Americans were born in Peru, with a growing population of Peruvian Americans being born ...
Machu Picchu[a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province [11] above the Sacred ...
Football is the most popular sport in Peru, and the Peru national football team have competed in the FIFA World Cup five times. 1930. 1970 (Quarterfinals) 1978 (Quarterfinals) 1982. 2018. The national team has also won two Copa América trophies: 1939 and 1975. At the club level there are significant achievements such as the Cienciano ...
Peru. Peru, [e] officially the Republic of Peru, [f] is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of ...