Portal:Peru/Did you know/2

...that Peru was the cradle of the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America?
...that Peruvian territory is divided successively into regions, provinces and districts?
...that Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's leading novelists and essayists?
...that Peru's varied geography (map pictured) permits a wide variety of outdoor activities, including surfing, sandboarding, 4x4, dune buggy, alpinism, rafting, rappelling, downhill, rally, and hard excursions?