Peru: Beutiful Host Country

Peru will participate at its first FIFA U-17 World Championship when the country hosts the competition in September/October 2005. Peru is centrally located on the western coast of South America. Its coastal towns and cities, which stretch for some 2,400km along the Pacific Ocean, make up about 12% of its territory. It shares its borders with Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Bolivia and Brazil to the east and Chile to the south.

It's the multiple layers of great civilisations that make Peru so intriguing. You can wander around colonial cities that have preserved the legacy of the Spanish conquistadors, visit the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, explore the lost city of Machu Picchu and ponder the enigma of the Nazca Lines.

It also has some of the most spectacular and varied scenery in South America. The Peruvian Andes are arguably the most beautiful on the continent and the mountains are home to millions of highland Indians, who still speak the ancient tongue of Quechua and maintain a traditional way of life.

Peru Photo Gallery