1. Cool Facts about Peru

2. Peru's main language is Spanish but did you know Quechua and Aymara are also spoken there; both of these languages are mostly spoken in the remote villages.

3. Did you know that the main religion of Peru is Roman Catholic?

4. Anaconda was filmed in Peru.

5. The potato is originally from Peru and they produce over 3000 varieties.

6. In 2003 it was another first for Peru when Beatriz Merino became Peru's first female Prime Minister.

7. The Amazon river, which starts in Peru, is the largest river in the world by volume (with a total river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined) and one of the two cleanest (Congo river being the other). It flows 150,000 cubic meters per second.