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Peru Facts

Capitol City: Lima

Official Languages: Spanish and Quechuan

Monetary Unit: Nuevo Sol (Approximately 3.5 Soles/1 US Dollar)

Population Data

Population: 27.5 Million - 8 million of those live in Lima

  • 45% Indigenous
  • 37% Mestizos (Mixed Spanish and Indian decent)
  • 15% White
  • 3% Other
  • 28% rural population
  • 69 year old life expectancy
  • 74% of homes have electricity
  • 48% of homes have sewage
  • 68% of homes have plumed water

Geographic Features

Contains the headwaters of the Amazon River.

Highest Andean peak is Huascarán @ 22,205 ft.

Worldıs highest navigable lake: Titicaca @ 12,725 ft

Contains hundreds of Incan ruins, including the famous Machu Picchu.

The southwestern coast is one of the driest places on earth, while the northeastern jungle is one of the wettest.

Peruvian Coffee Facts

Peru's Coffee Varieties
Variety
Year Introduced
35% Typica
1790's
25% Burbon
1950's
30% Caturra
1970's
10% Catuai, Catimore, Pache
1980's to present

Annual Coffee Production: 2.5 million 60-Kilo Bags

Registered Coffee Exporters: 84

Producers/Growers: 110,000

Average farm size: 2 Hectares

3 Producing Regions and 10 Sub-Regions
Northern Region
• Piura
• Cajamarca
• Amazonas
• San Martin
Central Region
• Junin
• Pasco
• Huanuco
Southern Region
• Ayacucho
• Cusco
• Puno

Read the "Peru Discovered" article, published in the January 2002 issue of Fresh Cup Magazine.
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