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The National Geographic Institute is the national mapping agency of Peru. It is a decentralized public organization attached to the Ministry of Defence, [1] in charge of the elaboration of the official maps of the country and to support activities related to its development and defense. [2] [3] Its headquarters are located in Surquillo, Lima. [2]
Satellite imagery of Peru Topographic map of Peru Political map of Peru Vegetation of Peru. Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator.
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:52, 12 March 2023: 2,200 × 2,679 (15.72 MB): Waterloo1883: Corrección del marco izquierdo y disminución del grosor de los limites administrativos.
The Peruvian geographer Javier Pulgar Vidal divided Peru in 8 regions (traditionally, it was costa, sierra and selva): Map from República del Perú - Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Chala (West, Pacific Coast) 0– 500 m; Omagua (Lowland jungle or Selva baja, Amazonic rainforest) 80– 400 m; Rupa-Rupa (Highland jungle, Selva alta) 400– 1,000 m
According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments (departamentos) but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.
Ranging from the Norte Chico civilization in the 32nd century BC, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the five cradles of civilization, to the Inca Empire, the largest state in pre-Columbian America, the territory now including Peru has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country, tracing its heritage back to the ...
Climate of Peru describes the diverse climates of this large South American country with an area of 1,285,216 km 2 (496,225 sq mi). Peru is located entirely in the tropics but features desert and mountain climates as well as tropical rainforests .