{"id":72502,"date":"2025-11-08T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=72502"},"modified":"2025-11-08T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:00:30","slug":"key-facts-about-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Peru Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the 9th round of India-Peru trade agreement was successfully concluded in Peru.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Peru<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is situated just to the south of the Equator<\/span><b> in South America.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>third largest country in South America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after Brazil and Argentina.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b> <b>Ecuador<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), Brazil (East), <\/span><b>Bolivia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Southeast) and <\/span><b>Chile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (South)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Ocean:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its western border lies along <\/span><b>the Pacific Ocean.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lima<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Peru<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterized by three major regions: the <\/span><b>Costa, Sierra, and Amazonia.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Costa is an <\/span><b>arid coastal strip along the Pacific Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sierra consists of the <\/span><b>Andes Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which run through the center of the country. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Andes are divided into three main ranges: <\/span><b>the Cordilleras Occidental, Central, and Oriental.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Huascar\u00e1n (6,768 m)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amazon, Ucayali, Madre de Dios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b> <b>Lake Titicaca <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(world\u2019s highest navigable lake), which Peru shares with Bolivia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It varies from <\/span><b>tropical in east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>dry desert in west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; temperate to frigid in the Andes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Copper, silver<\/span><b>, Gold,<\/b> <b>Petroleum,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> timber, Iron ore, coal, <\/span><b>Phosphate,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> potash, natural gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2186809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru  is situated just to the south of the Equator in South America. 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