{"id":127,"date":"2015-09-29T15:58:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2016-07-15T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T22:15:37","slug":"interesting-facts-about-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrek.org\/blog\/interesting-facts-about-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Peru cultivates more than 55 sorts of corn, and you can barely about find it in any color \u00a0including purple yellow, white and black.<\/p>\n

\"perucorn\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2. The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,800 varied kinds. Peruvians use the expression \u201cSoy mas Peruano que la papa\u201d (I am more Peruvian than the potato).<\/p>\n

\"Papasnativas\"<\/p>\n

3. Guinea Pig (they call it a “Cuy”) \u00a0is a traditional course eaten in Peru. Yummy! Is not it?<\/p>\n

\"rico-cuy-yo\"<\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0Peru is the 5th largest producer of gold.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\n2013 output<\/strong><\/td>\n2014e<\/sup> output<\/strong><\/td>\nChange Y\/Y<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n438.2<\/td>\n465.7<\/td>\n+6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n248.8<\/td>\n272.0<\/td>\n+9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n268.1<\/td>\n269.7<\/td>\n+1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n228.2<\/td>\n200.4<\/td>\n-12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPeru<\/td>\n187.7<\/td>\n169.3<\/td>\n-10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n177.0<\/td>\n164.5<\/td>\n-7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n133.3<\/td>\n153.1<\/td>\n+15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n119.8<\/td>\n115.7<\/td>\n-3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nIndonesia<\/td>\n109.2<\/td>\n109.9<\/td>\n+1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nGhana<\/td>\n107.4<\/td>\n106.1<\/td>\n-1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWorld<\/strong><\/td>\n3049.5<\/strong><\/td>\n3109.0<\/strong><\/td>\n2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

5.\u00a0The National\u00a0University of San Marcos\u00a0is the oldest in the Americas and was founded on the 12th of May of 1551.<\/p>\n

\"SMLIMA\"<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0\u00a0Peru has the second\u00a0largest amount of Shamans\u00a0in the world, second only to India.<\/p>\n

\"peru-shaman-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0The inventor of the first modern rocket propulsion system was a Peruvian named Pedro Paulet.<\/p>\n

\"rocket\"<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0 The\u00a0finest cottons in the world, Pima and Tanguis are Peruvian.<\/p>\n

\"cotton\"<\/p>\n

9. Peru\u2019s capital Lima was once the most\u00a0powerful city in South America, but fell into decline when the Spanish created a viceroyalty in Rio de la Plata.<\/p>\n

\"gallinazo_pza_armas\"
\n10. \u00a0\u00a0Peru\u2019s Independence Day\u00a0is celebrated on July 28, and is known as \u2018Fiestas Patrias.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

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\"La_Independencia_del_Per\u00fa\"<\/a>
\nknow more about your travel destination in Peru, the best tourist destinations such as Cusco city and Machu Picchu, Arequipa and Colca Canyon, Puno and Lake Titicaca. besides other interesting for your trip to Peru issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Peru cultivates more than 55 sorts of corn, and you can barely about find it in any color \u00a0including purple yellow, white and black. 2. The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,800 varied kinds. Peruvians use the expression \u201cSoy mas Peruano que la papa\u201d (I am more Peruvian than the potato). 3. Guinea Pig (they call it a “Cuy”) \u00a0is a traditional course eaten in Peru. Yummy! Is not it?   4. \u00a0Peru is the…<\/p>\n

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