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  2. Peru - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    History of Peru. The history of Peru spans 15 millennia, [1] extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes mountains. Peru's coast was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the six cradles of civilization in the world.

  4. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Wildlife of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peru's national bird is the Andean cock-of-the-rock. Peru has over 1,800 species of birds, the second-highest number of any country in the world. New species of birds are still being discovered and cataloged by scientists. 42 species from Peru have been officially added to science in the last 30 years.

  6. Culture of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Peru. Peruvian culture is the gradual blending of Amerindian cultures with European and Asian ethnic groups. The ethnic diversity and rugged geography of Peru allowed diverse traditions and customs to co-exist.

  7. Tourism in Peru - Wikipedia

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    Tourism is the third largest industry in Peru. [4] It employs 11% of the labor force in Peru (484,000 direct and 340,000 indirect jobs) the majority of them belonging to the hotel and transportation industries. The industry makes up 7% of the Peruvian gross domestic product and is the fastest growing industry in the country. [citation needed]

  8. Peruvian art - Wikipedia

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    This stela was found out of its original placement at the ceremonial complex, Chavín de Huantar. It was cited by Pablo Picasso as an inspiration for his art. Peru's earliest artwork came from the Cupisnique culture, which was concentrated on the Pacific coast, and the Chavín culture, which was largely north of Lima between the Andean mountain ...

  9. Trujillo, Peru - Wikipedia

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    Trujillo is considered the "Capital of Culture of Peru" [1] for the prominent writers associated with the city [23] such as Cesar Vallejo and Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, and because the city is a center for important cultural expressions as the marinera dance, Peruvian paso horses, caballitos de totora, Trujillo's gastronomy, etc.