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Peru

Capital: Lima

  • Lake Titicaca covers 8,372 km2 at 3,812 m above sea level and is often called the highest navigable lake in the world.
  • The Nazca lines in southern Peru total more than 1,300 km and were made between about 500 BC and 500 AD.
  • The cultivated potato was domesticated roughly 7,000 to 10,000 years ago in an area spanning southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia.
  • Andean condors seen at Colca Canyon can have wingspans of around 3 m, among the largest of any flying bird.

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