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population
In 2006 the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI, the national statistics institute) released the results of the census carried out in 2005. The census found that the population was slightly lower than previously estimated, at 27.2m, compared with the previous estimate of 28m. INEI's projection of 28m in 2005, based on information available in 2000, assumed a higher fertility rate and much lower emigration than has actually been the case. The population number only keeps increasing.
Settlement
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Agriculture in the Peruvian coastal oases is a mostly of exported crops. With only a few exceptions specialization in cotton, sugar and rice are all very well marked.With an area of 1’285,215 square km (496,225 sq mi), Peru is bigger than France, Germany, Italy, Netherland and Switzerland combined. It is the third largest country in South America and bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil and Bolivia, to the south by Chile and to the west by the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Information on weather conditions in Peru is available on the Internet:
- HTTP://WWW.SENAMHI.GOB.PE
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.COM
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.COM
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llamas
Photograph by Gayathri Vuppuluri Photograph by Jane Lyn
Llamas are a common sight at Machu Picchu. Used as pack animals for centuries by Andean dwellers, the camel relatives were also sources of leather, wool, and meat for the Inca. Llamas are South America’s only draft animal, it could carry 70 pounds of gear on its back.