GEOGRAPHY

Peru covers 1,285,220 km2 (496,226 sq mi). It neighbors Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the southeast, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

The Andes mountains run parallel to the Pacific Ocean, dividing the country into three geographic regions: the costa (coast) to the west, the sierra (highlands) is the region of the Andes, the selva (jungle)is the Amazon rainforest that extends to the east. Peru has the fourth largest area of tropical forest in the world after Brazil, Congo and Indonesia.