Capital: Lima, Peru Population: 28,302,603 Continent: South America Government type: Constitutional Republic Natural Resources: Silver, Gold, Petroleum, Timber, Fish, Iron Ore, Coal Phosphate, Potash GDP: $155,300,000,000 Language: Spanish, Quechua, and Amara. Climate: Varies from Tropical in the east to dry desert in the west and temperate to frigid in the Andes Mountains. Average age of citizens: 25.3 years (Male: 25, Female: 25.5) Life Expectancy: 69.84 years. Facts: v The currency of Peru is Nuevo Sol. v They declared independence from Spain on July 28, 1821. v Infant mortality rate: 30.94 deaths for every live birth.

Works Cited

http://www.cia.gov/

http://travel.mongabay.com/peru/highlights/Wildlife.html

Animals of Peru
Llama in the Andes mountains.	Red and green macaws.	Tree frog on a leaf.	Dusky Titi monkey.
Capybara with young at the riverside.	Chestnut-Eared Aracari.	Three striped poison dart frog.	Piranha.
Monkey frog.	Black Grasshopper.	Spectacled Bear.	Green Heron.

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