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*Peru is the third largest country in South America with an area of 1'285,216 km2. Comparing with some european countries, Peru is twice the area of France, five times the size of the UK, more than 30 times Netherlands or Switzerland and the size of Norway, Sweden and Finland together.
*With a population of nearly 25 million, Peru has a wide ethnic mixture composed mainly by a 54% Indian, 32% Mestizo, 12% White and Spanish descent, 2% Black and Asian minority. The minorities, who live basically in the city of Lima and the coast, are immigrants who came from Asia (China, Japan), Africa (western coast), Europe (Spain, Italy, England, Germany, France, Switzerland, Israel, Polland, Belgium and Yugoslavia), North America (United States) and Middle East.
*Weather:
Fall: Temperature approx. 15C. Begins in May.
Winter: Temperature approx. 13C. Begins in June.
Spring: Temperature approx. 17C. Begins in late September.
Summer: Temperature approx. 24C. Begins in December.
*Lima, the capital, is located in the central coast of Peru.
*Time GMT - 5. Five hours less than Greenwich Mean Time.
*Electricity 220 volts AC, 60 Hz.
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