Chapter 1 Location:

Peru is located on the western coast of South America. Peru boarders the countries: Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.

Peru has 26 regions, the capital city (Lima) is located in the region of Lima.

1. Amazonas 2. Ancash 3. Apurímac 4. Arequipa
5. Ayacucho 6. Cajamarca 7. Callao 8. Cusco
9. Huancavelica 10. Huanuco 11. Ica 12. Junin
13. La Libertad 14. Lambayeque 15. Lima 16. Lima Metropolitana
17. Loreto 18. Madre de Dios 19. Moquegua 20. Pasco
21. Piura 22. Puno 23. San Martin 24. Tacna
25. Tumbes 26. Ucayali

The capital of Peru, Lima, is located in Lima at 12.2°S and 77.1°W.

Physical Regions of Peru

Peru has a wide expanse of land scape, it has a long coast with many beaches. The Andes mountains run through the western side of Peru and along the western side of the continent. Eastern and Northern Peru is part of the Amazon Rainforest, the largest on the planet. Lake Titicaca located in Southern Peru, in the Andes Mountains is the highest lake that you can sail or ride a boat on. Peru also has Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth. The entire country of Peru is about 1,285,216 km square.

Peru has many exports but it only has free trade with United States, India, Mexico, Chile, Singapore, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, China, South Korea and Japan.

Peru’s main exports are: petroleum derivatives, agricultural products, clothing/shoes, textiles, manufactured goods, seafood and fish, natural gas and minerals these are the minerals: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash and coffee.

Here is a map of Peru’s mines and mineral areas. They are all in Spanish so I have tried to translated them: Alto Dorado= Gold Stop, Picota = , Las Brujas = The Witches, Las Sorpresas = The Surprises, El as de Zinc = The Ace of Zinc, El Tigre = The Tiger. Some can’t be translated: Pamel and Lunahuana.