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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the south-east, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Cities

The primary urban centers include:

• Lima
• Arequipa
• Trujillo
• Chiclayo
• Huancayo
• Piura
• Chimbote
• Iquitos
• Cusco
• Tacna
• Ica
• Pucallpa
• Juliaca
• Ayacucho
• Cajamarca
• Huanuco
• Huaraz
• Sullana
• Puno
• Talara
• Tarapoto
• Paita
• Tumbes

Geography

At 1,285,220 km/2 (496,193 mi/2), Peru is the world's twentieth-largest country (after Mongolia). It is comparable in size to Chad, and is nearly twice the size of the US state of Texas.

Peru is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia on the north; Brazil and Bolivia to the east; and Chile and Bolivia to the south. To the west lies the Pacific Ocean. Its population has more than 27 million inhabitants that speak Spanish, with others bilingual in Quechua or Aymara and other native languages.

Eastern Peru consists mostly of the moist tropical jungles of the Amazon Rainforest, the largest on Earth. In the southeast along the border with Bolivia lies Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world. The Altiplano plateau is a dry basin located along the slopes of the Andes in southeastern Peru. Along the border with Chile, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on the planet.

Valle del Colca, Arequipa.The Peruvian Sea is home to a large amount and variety of fish life. The Sechura Desert is located in northwestern Peru along the Pacific coastline.

The main rivers of Peru include the Ucayali, Maranon, Amazon (which is formed by the confluence of the Maranon and the Ucayali), Putumayo, Pastaza, Napo, Jurua, and the Purus.