SOUTH AMERICA

Julie Ann Acosta Sison

Social Studies Major

PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY

CULTURE

NATURAL
RESOURCES

RELIGION

ECONOMY

GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION

T H E C U R R E N T P O P U L AT I O N O F P E R U I S 3 1 , 9 0 7 , 0 3 0 A S O F
W E D N E S D AY , N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 6 , B A S E D O N T H E L AT E S T
U N I T E D N AT I O N S E S T I M AT E S .

GOVERNMENT

ECONOMY

CURRENCY
The currency of Peru is the Nuevo Sol. It
is subdivided into 100 cents called
Centimos in Spanish.

CURRENCY
The currency code for the Nuevo Sol is PEN.

The current exchange rate is 1 USD =

2.6701 PEN

INDUSTRY
Fishing: Peru produces about 10 percent of
the worlds fish supply.

Mining: Peru ranks fifth worldwide

in gold production (first in Latin
America), second in copper, and
is among the top 5 producers of
lead and zinc.
Maras Mines

Others: textiles, metal mechanics,

food industry, agricultural
industry, manufactures,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
machinery and services.

CULTURE AND
RELIGION

Catholic(77%)
Protestant(10%)
atheist/agnostic/none
(5%)
Others (7%)
unknown (1%)

Culture

DANCING

WEAVING

ARCH ITECTURE

LANGUAGE
Spanish
Quechua

NATURAL
RESOURCES

NATIONAL PARK
OF MANU

WORLD
C U LT U RA L
H E R I TA G E S I T E

LAKE
TITICACA

COLCA
CANYON

LL A NGANUCO
L A GOON

GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION

T H E T O T A L P O P U L A T I O N I S A P P R O X I M A T E LY 3 . 3
MILLION

GOVERNMENT

RELIGION

CULTURE

NATURAL
RESOURCES

LOS DEDOS
P L AYA B R AVA

PALA CIO SALVO

CASAPUEBLO

GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION

The current Population of TCI is 36,233

CULTURE AND
RELIGION

GOVERNMENT

NATURAL
RESOURCES

573,311

573, 311

CULTURE

GOVERNMENT

ECONOMY