South of the Equator
I-Peru ingenye yamazwe azimele angu-12 eNingizimu Melika, engabandakanyi i-French Guiana, eyisifundazwe saseFrance. Izwe lonke liseningizimu ye-equator - kodwa nje kuphela. I-equator igijima e-Ecuador enyakatho yePeru, ilahlekelwe iphuzu elisenyakatho yePeru ngaseceleni elincane.
I-CIA World Factbook ibeka isikhungo sePeru ezindaweni ezilandelayo: i-degrees eziyi-10 eningizimu ne-76 degrees entshonalanga ye-longitude.
I-Latitude ibanga elingasenyakatho noma eningizimu ye-equator, ngenkathi ubude bubanga empumalanga noma entshonalanga ye-Greenwich, eNgilandi.
I-degree ngayinye ye-latitude cishe ngamamayela angu-69, ngakho-ke phezulu kwePeru cishe ngamamayela angu-690 eningizimu ye-equator. Ngokuphathelene ne-longitude, i-Peru cishe ihambisana ne-East Coast ye-United States.
Indawo yasePeru eNingizimu Melika
I-Peru itholakala entshonalanga yeNingizimu Melika, emngceleni we-South Pacific Ocean. Ugu lolwandle luhamba ngamamayela angaba ngu-1 500, noma amakhilomitha angu-2,414.
Amazwe amahlanu aseNingizimu Melika ahlanganyela umngcele nePeru:
- I-Ecuador enyakatho, eyabelana nomngcele wamamitha angu-882
- I-Colombia enyakatho, ehlanganyela emngceleni we-1,119-miles
- IBrazil empumalanga, eyabelana nomngcele wamamayela angu-1,861
- IBolivia eningizimu-ntshonalanga, eyabelana nomngcele wamamitha angu-668
- I-Chile eningizimu, ehlanganyela emngceleni wamamayela angu-106
I-Peru ngokwayo ihlukaniswe izigaba ezintathu ezihlukene ezihlukene: ogwini, izintaba kanye ne-jungle - noma "costa," "sierra" nelithi "selva" ngesiSpanishi.
I-Peru inendawo ephelele yamamayela angaba ngu-496.224 square noma amakhilomitha skwele angu-1,285.216. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, funda ukuthi i-Big Big i-Peru?