Puno

The department of Puno is located in the southeast area of Peru. In the shores of Titicaca Lake and over 12 555 feet above sea level. It has an uneven topography with the majority of cities located in the high areas of the sierra. It has 27 947 Sq miles and a population of a million of inhabitants.

Among the most important cities are: Juliaca, Azángaro, Huancané, Lampa and Yunguyo. The amazing Titicaca Lake which is the most navigable lake of the entire world with an area of 8,560 km2 and a maximum depth of 745 feet, the transparency of its waters is remarkable.

There are 36 islands and the most important are Taquile and Amantani.

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• About Peru
• Cusco Sacred city
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Tradicional Tourism

• City Tour
• Sacred Valley
• South Valley
• Inca Jungle
• Machupicchu 1 Day
• Machupicchu 2 Days

Trekking Tourism

• Inka Trail 2 Days
• Inka Trail 4 Days
• Salkantay 5 Days
• Lares Machupicchu 4 Days
• Choquequirao 4 Days
• Choquequirao 8 Days
• Ausangate 5 Days

Puno

• Puno Full Days
• Titicaca Lake Tour 2 Days

Arequipa

• Arequipa Full Day
• Colca Canyon 2 Days

Ica -Nazca

• Chauchilla Full Day
• Nazca Full Day

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About Perú

Location

to the west of south america, bordering the pacific ocean, between chile and ecuador.

Surface Area - Peru

with an area of 1,285,215 square kilometers, peru is the third largest country in south america after brazil and argentina, among the 20 largest nations of the world.

Peru also has influence over the sea to 200 miles from the peruvian coast and has territorial rights over an area of 60 million hectares on antarctica. Peru is divided into 24 departments, not including the constitutional province of callao. Lima is the capital of peru.

Population - Peru

27,662,000 inhabitants 

• urban: 72.3% 
• rural: 27, 7% 

peru is a nation of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Throughout its history, peru has been the meeting ground for different nations and cultures. The indigenous population was unified 500 years ago by the spaniards.

As a result of this encounter, and later enriched by the immigration of black africans, asians and europeans, peruvian man emerged as the representative of a nation whose rich ethnic mix is one of the main features.

Language - Peru

official languages: 

• spanish: 80,3%
• quechua: 16,2%
• other languages: 3.0%
• foreign languages: 0.2% 
• rural: 27, 7%

as part of its rich cultural tradition, peru has many languages  different. Although spanish is commonly spoken throughout the country,  quechua is the greatest legacy of the inca empire and is still spoken in various regional dialects in many parts of peru. 

In addition, other languages such as aymara (puno) are spoken and a staggering variety of dialects in the amazon jungle, which are divided up into 15 linguistic families and 38 different languages 

Currency - Peru 

the official currency of peru is the nuevo sol (s /.), which is divided into 100 cents. El nuevo sol includes coins of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1, 2 and 5 sol coins. There are notes in the denomination of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 soles.

Time gmt - 5. 5 hours before greenwich Government - peru

peru is a democratic republic. The president and members of congress are elected every 5 years by universal suffrage. The current constitutional president of peru is alan garcia perez(2006-2011). 

Geopolitical Division

peru is divided into 24 departments and one constitutional province. Each department is divided into provinces, there are 189 provinces in peru. 

The capital of the republic of peru is lima 
the historical capital of peru is cusco

Population of major cities of peru:

 

Lima	7'497,000 habitantes
Arequipa	762,000 habitantes
Trujillo	652,000 habitantes
Chiclayo	517,000 habitantes
Iquitos	367,000 habitantes
Chimbote	336,000 habitantes
Piura	325,000 habitantes
Huancayo	327,000 habitantes
Cusco	291,000 habitantes