Peru


 * Country** Peru
 * Capital** Lima
 * Total area** 46,224 square miles
 * Languages** Spanish, Quechua
 * Religions** Christian
 * Population** 27,500,000
 * Life expectancy** 69
 * Literacy rate** 91.00%
 * Pop. Density** 56
 * Urban Pop.** 72.00%

Peru is a wonderful and beautiful country. Peru has a capital named Lima. Lima in spanish means lime. It is in the middle of the Andes mountains. Its highest elevation is over 10,000 feet. It has three different climates, arid, highland, and tropic wet. It also has three different types of vegetation, desert, highland, and broadleaf evergreen forest. Its highest population density is in Lima, it is 4,000,000 to 8,000,000 people in the whole city. Its land is used for many things. Some are mining for uranium, coal, and hydroelectric power. Some more are subsistence farming farming and commercial farming.
 * __Overview__**

Peru's Clamates are very diverse. One side of this country has an Arid climate, while the other has a tropical wet climate. Peru has three different climates. One is Arid, meaning its is hot, dry, and not much precipitation. The next is Tropical Wet, that means it is also hot, humid, and pecipitates almost every day. The last is Highlands, this means that the tempurate is around 50 degrees F, and that it can have a lot of precipitation, or very little.
 * __Climate__**

Peru's vegetation land is very similar to its climate. The same side of Peru that is arid has a desert vegetation. The climate that is tropical and wet has a broadleafevergreen forest. And the climate that is highland has a highlands vegetation.
 * __Vegetation__**

__Population__ Peru's population is also very diverse. The western side of Peru is much more densly populated that the eastern side. There are three main cities that have a population dencity per square mile of about 10 to 50. These cities are Lima, Cuzco, and Trujillo. Most of the rest of the country is 1 to 10 people per square mile, the the rest is under 1.

Peru has many usses of land. The west side of the country is used for commercial farming. Then the eastern side is used for subsistance farming. Then in the middle, the land isn't used for farming, but a lot of mines are there. They are coal, hydroelectric power, precious metals, uranium, and natural gas mines.
 * __Economic Activity__**