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' Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers '), also known as the VRAEM, is a geopolitical area in Peru, located in portions of the departments of Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, and Junin. [1] [2] It is one of the major areas of coca production in Peru. [3] It is also the center of operation of the far-left terrorist group Shining Path.
The unit was first created on 27 June 1961, with the name 5th Military Region (Spanish: V Región Militar).On 31 December 2002 the region was disestablished and reestablished as the Oriental Military Region (Spanish: Región Militar del Oriente), changing to its current name in 2013. [3]
Raqch'i [1] [2] is an Inca archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pedro District, near the populated place Raqch'i.It is 3480 meters above sea level and 110 kilometers from the city of Cuzco. [3]
An enlargeable topographic map of Peru. Geography of Peru. Peru is: a megadiverse country; Location: Southern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere. Americas. Latin America. South America; Time in Peru. Time zone: UTC-05; Extreme points of Peru. High: Huascarán 6,768 m (22,205 ft) – highest point in the Tropics; Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m; Land ...
A map was also created containing the natural protected areas. [4] Peru is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world. [5] With over 1,850 species of birds, [6] it has the world's second most diverse avian community, after Colombia. [7] National Parks are places where the wild flora and fauna are protected and ...
Entrance of the Ancon Site Museum. Ancon is an archaeological site in the north of the Bay of Ancon, in the Ancón District, on the central coast of Peru.It is one of the most important centers of the Peruvian archeology and features a vast necropolis of the pre-Hispanic era, with countless funerary sites.
Huancayo (Spanish pronunciation: [waŋˈkaʝo]; in Wanka Quechua: Wankayu wɐŋˈkæjuː, '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of the Junín Region and Huancayo Province, in the central highlands of Peru, in the Mantaro Valley and is crossed by the Shullcas, Chilca and Mantaro rivers.
According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments (departamentos) but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.