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Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Lima is Peru's main national and international gateway, [8] with an estimate of 98 percent of all international flights into Peru landing at this airport. Other important airports are located in Cusco, Arequipa, Iquitos and Piura. Airports – with paved runways: total: 44 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
AnsaldoBreda Train in Villa el Salvador station. The Lima Metro is the electric mass transit system of the Lima Metropolitan Area in Peru. It currently consists of one line of 35 kilometres (22 mi) and 26 stations, joining the southern area of the metropolis with the centre and the north east of the city.
This bus route begins from Estación Naranjal to Estación Central, going through Av. Emancipación and Jr. Lampa in Downtown Lima only from north to south. Mint Green is used by this bus route as its color. Express 11. This bus route begins from Los Incas Station to Estación Central. Dark purple is used by this bus route as its color. Express 12
PeruRail's routes are divided into two sections. The line between Cusco and Machu Picchu - Ferrocarril Santa Ana - is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line, which boasts a series of five switchbacks called locally 'El Zig-Zag', which enable the train to climb up the steep incline out of Cusco, before it can begin its descent to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and then continue down to Machu Picchu.
The airport has a number of amenities to service the multitude of tourists which visit the city of Cusco. A number of years ago, it was the first Peruvian airport to make use of jetways. The runway is paved and is 3,400 meters (11,200 feet) long and 45 meters (148 feet) wide. The long length of the runway is due to the elevation of the airport.
Cusco was long an important center of indigenous people. It was the capital of the Inca Empire (13th century – 1532). Many believe that the city was planned as an effigy in the shape of a puma, a sacred animal. [21] How Cusco was specifically built, or how its large stones were quarried and transported to the site remain undetermined.
Lima Sur is the area in Lima with the highest proportion of poverty (17.7%), followed by Lima Este (14.5%), Lima Norte (14.1%) and Lima Centro (6.2%). In addition 0.2% of the population lives in extreme poverty, meaning that they are unable to access a basic food basket.
The Integrated Transport System for Lima and Callao (Spanish: Sistema Integrado de Transporte de Lima y Callao; SIT) is an urban public transportation system that operates in the Lima metropolitan area, made up of the Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao. Its administration is in charge of the Urban Transport Authority (ATU).