WHAT IS THE TOTAL POPULATION AND TERRITORY OF PERU?
Peru is located on the central western region of South America facing the Pacific Ocean, bordering Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, and Brazil over a total of 6,940 km. The climate varies from tropical in the eastern portion of the country and dry desert in west. It has three geographic regions: Costa (western costal plain), Sierra (highland or Andes in center), and Selva (eastern jungle abutting the Amazon River and others in the borders with Colombia and Brazil.) Between the Sierra and Selva there is a long area known as “Ceja de Selva” (jungle strip.) These three regions encompass the following 24 departments and a province: Ayacucho, Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali, Lima and Callao (province). • Territory: 1,285,220 Km2 or 502,040 square miles. • Territorial sea: 200 NM. • Population: 24, 500, 000 (July 1997, e
