Republica Del Peru

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Republica Del Peru. Peru is on the Western (Pacific) coast of South America Peru is just smaller than Alaska and has 2.88% arable farmland. Population 29. 2 million. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • Republica DelPeru

  • Peru is on the Western (Pacific) coast of South AmericaPeru is just smaller than Alaska and has 2.88% arable farmland

  • Population 29.2 million

  • Government: Multiparty constitutional republic, Pres. Garcia Perez elected President in 2006 , formed a government by AlliancesLanguages : Spanish, QuechuaReligion: Catholicism, Hanan Pacha ( Inti, the Sun God, and Mama Quilla, the Moon Goddess)

  • Coat of arms features a shield bearing a vicuna (similar to an alpacca or llama), cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed by a green wreath

  • Gross national income per capita $7,950Literacy 93%

  • The Incan Empirec 1500capital was Cusco, Peru covered modern Peru, parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and ColombiaThe Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu.

    The language quechua was imposed on the empire by the ruling elite and their dialect became the official quechua of the Incan Empire

    In Quechua the term Tawantin is a group of four things. Suyu means "region" or "province".

    The empire was divided into four suyus, whose corners met at the capital, Cusco (Qosqo).

    The term Inca means Lord and referred top the elite of the EmpireQuipu or talking knot, record keeping devices

  • The Last Supper by Marcos Sapaca Inca, Cuzco Cathederal , 1753Sapaca was a member of the Cuzco School, an art center in which Spanish painters taught native students to paint religious works. Notice the viscacha (not cuy) and glasses of chicha.

  • Please do not eat guinea pigs in Peru!

  • Demographics by age: % 65: 6.4%Median age 26.2

  • Health Indicators for PeruLife Expectancy: 74/77 (m/f)Child Mortality: 21 per 1,000 live birthsMaternal Mortality: 98 per 100,000 births

    Top Causes of Death: Pneumonias, Heart Disease, Strokes, Stomach Cancer, Peri-natal, TB, Liver Diseases, HIV, Diarrhea

  • Child Mortality : 21 per 1,000 live birthsImportant indicator of Community HealthDisparities follow the vulnerability pathways: poor, remote rural populations, indigenous people, immigrants internally displaced peoples, and refugees.

  • Peru

  • Urbanization : 77%

    Expenditure on Health $400 per person per year (4.6% GDP)

    UN R/P 20% : 15.2World Bank GINI Coefficient: 48%

    Status of women: poor-fair

  • Prepare to get dirty..

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