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Did you know, ...?

... that Peru is home to 3700 different species of butterflies and with this occupies the first place worldwide?

... that the sloth living in the Peruvian rainforest measures up to 50 cm but only weighs 5 kg?

... that the railway track from Callao to the Andean highlands is on 4800 meters above sea level and passes 69 tunnels as well as 67 bridges?

... that in Peru two million children under the age of 17 (60 % of them under 12 years old) work which makes about a third of the total working population in Peru?

... that the world´s biggest bromeliacae, Puya Raimondi, grows in the Andes and only blossoms once in 100 years and after that dies off?

.. that the highly developed culture in Caral built their pyramids at the same time as the Egyptians?

... that the glacier Pastoruri near Huaraz is retreating 14 meters per year and that according to prognosis there won't be any snow-topped peaks in the Cordillera Blanca within the next 25 years?

... that two third of Lima's total population are living in the so-called "pueblos jovenes", the poor suburbs of Lima?

... that the image of the Señor de Milagros weighs a total of 1.5 tons and has to be carried by 20 groups of 16 men each, that alternate every 15 minutes?

... that the already in 1857 founded German-Austrian colony Pozuzo in the Peruvian rainforest has been accessable by road from Oxapampa only since 1975?

... that in the capital Lima out of 10 only 4 employees are officially registered?

... that to fight against the black market a lottery was iniciated, where sales slips equivalent to 50 Soles have to be passed in to take part in?

... that 10 Peruvian top-attractions are part of the UNESCO World Heritage List? These sights are the city centers of Cusco, Lima and Arequipa, furthermore Machu Picchu, Huascarán National Park, Chan Chan, Manu National Park, Rio Abiseo National Park and the Nazca Lines as well as the Pampas de Jumana.

... that the first two commercial ships cruising Lake Titicaca (Yavari and Yapura) were built in 1861 in James Watts´ foundry - the same foundry that used steam for engine-purposes for the first time?

... that Peru´s most famous dogs, the "Perro sin pelo del Perú", the so-called hairless dogs from Peru or also known as Peruvian Inca Orchids, have ever since pre-Columbian times been the Peruvians´ "best friends", and are by that almost "more Peruvian" than the traditional Pisco and Ceviche?

... that Peru declared its independence from Spain on July the 28th in 1821?

... that it were the people of Peru that first discovered the climatic phenomenon El Niño and that they named it after the Niño Manuel, Peruvian symbol of Christmas?

... that people of Iquitos eat nearly 14 000 t of fish a year, but only 500t of red meat?

.... that the highest golf course of the world is located in La Oroya (3726m) in Peru?

.... that Peru counts over 13000 different styles of music and archaelogical research proved that music is part of the Peruvian culture for 10000 years now?

... that there are 1.769 glaciers in Peru?

... that the first genetic catalog of Peruvian plants already contained 3000 different species?

... that Peru has more than 50 mountains which are higher than 6000 metres?

... that in 1964 the first copies of the novel "The Time of the Hero" by Mario Vargas Llosa were burned officially by the then-powers?

... that the Peruvian cookbook "La Flor Morada de los Andes", published by the Academy for Tourism and Hotel Business of San Martín de Porres University in Lima was awarded the international "Oscar" of cookbooks? Within the scope of the 10th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards the book was entitled "Best culinary Cookbook of the World".

... that more than one third of all visitors to Peru specify the Peruvians' hospitality and friendliness as the most pleasant experience of their trip?

... that el Choclo, the largest and softest corn, comes from Peru and that there are more than 32 sorts of it?

... that Peru has got the most varied cuisine of the world and that the Guinness Book of Records counted 468 different Peruvian dishes?

... that Quinoa, a sort of wheat, comes from Peru and that it has 25 different sorts?

... that Peru has 10 National Parks, covering an area of 4,13% of the Peruvian territory?

... that Peru has 9 Nature Reserves, covering 2,51% of the Peruvian territory?

... and that Peru has 6 Protected Areas which protect 0,6% of the Peruvian territory?

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