Peru (per)

Peru

Peru ranks 731st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cochabamba, Classical Athens, and Niterói. Memorable people born in Peru include Túpac Amaru, Huáscar, and Sayri Túpac. Memorable people who died in Peru include Martin de Porres, Antonio Maquilón, and Eduardo López de Romaña. Peru has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and religious figures. Peru is located in Peru.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the southeast by Bolivia, to the south by Chile, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At 1,285,216 km2 (496,225 sq mi), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. Read more on Wikipedia