Transcript MY Country Peru

MY Country Peru
Peru is a country in western South
America that borders Cambodia,
Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and
the Pacific Ocean.
Animals In Peru
• The first animal is a
llama. They live in the
moutains.
• The second animal is a
jaguar
• The animal in the
man’s hand is a three
toed sloth
Peru’s Population
• Peru, one of Latin America’s largest
nations, is home to over 26 million
people
• The people there speak spanish.
• 28,674,757 (growth rate: 1.3%); birth
rate: 20.1/1000; infant mortality rate:
30.0/1000; life expectancy: 70.1; density
per sq mi: 58
Peru’s money
• That is a picture of Peru’s money
• Nuevo Sol is the name of peru’s money
Peru’s Government
President: Alan García (2006)
Prime Minister: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2005)
494,208 sq mi (1,279,999 sq km); total area:
496,223 sq mi (1,285,220 sq km)
Imports: $12.15 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): petroleum
and petroleum products, plastics, machinery,
vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper.
Major trading partners: U.S., China, UK, Chile,
Japan, Spain, Brazil, Colombia (2004).
Peru’s Cities and Languages
• Other large cities:
Arequipa, 837,300;
• Trujillo, 725,200;
• Chiclayo, 598,400
• Spanish,
• Quéchua (both
official);
• Aymara; many minor
• Amazonian languages
Peru’s citizens
• Literacy rate: 91% (2003 est.)
• Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005
est.): $169.5 billion; per capita $6,100.
• Real growth rate: 5.8%.
• Inflation: 1.6%.
• Unemployment: 8.7% in metropolitan
Lima; widespread underemployment
Peru During Easter
• During easter they eat pulled pork. And
other foods. That are strange to americans.
• They have easter parades and celebrate
easter different than people in the u.s.of a.
Peru’s facts
• If you are from Peru then your nationality is
Peruvian.
• The life expectancy at birth for people in Peru is
69.84. This is due to the poverty in the country
and the lack of doctors.
• The largest ethnic group in Peru is the
Amerindian, followed closely by the Mestizo and
white.
• 90% of people in Peru belong to the Roman
Catholic religion.
• The literacy rate in Peru is 90.9% which is
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