Machu Picchu covers 32, 500 ha in some of the scenically most attractive mountainous territory of the Peruvian Andes.

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The mine also contains silver, gold and molybdenum (used in steel alloys)--a common combination found in the Peruvian Andes.

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Santo Tomas, Peru ( VICE) -- The town of Santo Tomas is 12, 000 feet above sea level, nestled cozily in the vertiginous Peruvian Andes.

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The deadliest incident for the DEA occurred August 27, 1994, when a plane carrying five special agents crashed in the Peruvian Andes during a reconnaissance mission, according to the DEA's Web site.

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Professor JOHN WILLIAMS (Geography, University of Wisconsin): Our analyses suggests at places such as regions around the Arctic or high elevation regions such as the Peruvian Andes or the East African Highlands such as Mt.

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Regions across the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes have traditional fighting festivals and ceremonies as an outlet for this type of mountain-born aggression.

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The equally ambitious Zigzag restaurant helmed by Swiss-born chef, Michel Hediger juxtaposes traditional alpaca steaks cooked on hot stones with interesting experiments in Peruvian-Italian fusion food, most notably gnocchi made with quinoa, a rice-like grain grown in the Andes that was once the sacred food of the Incas.

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