Peru Data

Moquegua
Area or surface: 15,734 km2.
Main resources: Olive, avocado and Copper.
Population: 134,000 inhabitants. Their capital, Moquegua, has 35,677 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 3 counties and 20 districts.
Date of Foundation: As department, January 2 1,857.
Eat Typical: Patasca Moqueguana, Fried Rabbit, Cacharrada

Pasco
Area or surface: 25,320 km2.
Main resources: Pasco is the first mining department with its lead production, zinc, silver and coal.
Population: 241,000 inhabitants. Their capital, Hill of Pasco has 72,100 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 3 counties and 28 districts.
Date of Foundation: As department, November 27 1,944.
Ethnic groups: The Asháninkas, The Tyrolese (colonists), The Amuesha.
Eat Typical: Patasca of Motto, Green Broth

Piura
Area or Surface: 35,891 km2.
Main resources: Rice, cotton, lemons and the petroleum.
Population: 1'450, 000 inhabitants. In their capital, Piura, 192,551 inhabitants reside.
Number of counties and districts: 8 counties and 64 districts.
Foundation date: As department, March 30 1,861.
Eat Typical: Chifles, seco Chabelo, Custards, Dry of Kid.
Fauna: Marine

Puno
Area or surface: 71,999 km2.
Main resources: Quinua. It is the first producer of ovinos, German nickels and flames.
Population: 1’135,000 inhabitants. Their capital, Puno, has 100,168 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 13 counties and 108 districts.
Foundation date: As department, April 26 1,822.
Ethnic groups: The Auroches (in the Lake Titicaca).
Eat Typical: Broth of Frogs.
Fauna: Giant frogs, birds of the lake, auquénidos.
Flora: The totora.

San Martin
Area or surface: 51,253 km2.
Main resources: Coffee, rice, yucca, cocoa and tobacco. In cattle raising it highlights the upbringing of the Zebu.
Population: 619,000 inhabitants. Their capital, Moyobamba, has 38,880 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 10 counties and 77 districts.
Date of Foundation: As department, the 4 of September of 1906.
Ethnic groups: The Lamistas.
Eat Typical: The Juan of Rice, InchiCapi, The Tacacho, Cunchullifanes.
Fauna: Fish (paiche, boquichicos, pacos and carachamas). Sajinos, añujes, tigers, tigrillos, tapires, rabbits wild, great variety of monkeys.
Flora: The Orchids.

Tacna
Area or surface: 16,076 km2.
Main resources: vine and  cotton. In  minor production highlights the copper.
Population: 237,000 inhabitants. Their capital is Tacna, with 117,168 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 4 counties and 26 districts.
Foundation date: As department, June 25 1,875.
Eat Typical: Patasca tacneña, Spicy to the tacneña, lamb to the grill

Tumbes
Area or surface: 4,671 km2.
Main resources: Tobacco, banana, shellfish, fish and petroleum.
Population: 167,000 inhabitants. Their capital is you Knock down, with 74,601 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 3 counties and 12 districts.
Date of Foundation: As department, November 25 1,942.
Eat Typical: Cebiche of black shells, broth of banana balls, antecoco.
Fauna: Black shells and other mollusks.
Fish sword, mere, lobsters and prawns.
Crocodiles of the River Knock down, deer and sajinos.
Flora: Locust, salvajina, orchids

Ucayali
Area or surface: 102,411 km2.
Main resources: Wood, fruit-bearing and wild fauna (sajino, sachavaca, huangana) he/she stands out in the upbringing of the livestock zebu.
Population: 363,000 inhabitants. Their capital is Pucallpa, with 160,400 inhabitants.
Number of counties and districts: 4 counties and 14 districts.
Foundation date: As department, June 18 1,980.
Fauna: Macaws, parrots, toucans, nightingales, colibríes, swallows.
Squirrels, monkeys (pichico, leoncito, friar, limit, maquisapa),
bears anthills, otters, tigers, deer and foxes.
Snakes, batrachians and insects.
Fish (bagre, boquichico, carachama, flat, mojarra).
Quelonios (charapa, taricaya and motelo).
Flora: Hoist (mahogany, moena, cedar, estoraque, ishpingom huayruro)
You plant Medicinal (ayahuasca, llantén, paico)
Hoist fruit-bearing, orchids