Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific
Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Land Size of Peru : 1.28 million sq km
Climate / Weather of Peru : varies from tropical in east to
dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes.
Population of Peru : 27,544,305 (July 2004 est.)
Capital City of Peru : Lima
GDP of Peru : $146.9 billion (2003 est.)
Main Industries : mining of metals, petroleum, fishing,
textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly,
steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication
Agricultural products : coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice,
wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy
products, wool; fish
Currency of Peru : nuevo sol (PEN)
