LATIN LEGACY.The colonial section of Arequipa Arequipa (ärākē`pä), city (1993 pop. 713,206), alt. c.7,550 ft (2,300 m), capital of Arequipa dept., S Peru, on the Chili River. One of Peru's largest cities, it is the commercial center of S Peru and N Bolivia. Alpaca wool, the city's chief product, is graded, sorted, and shipped out through the port of Mollendo., Peru, has become the most recent addition to UNESCO UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (since 1945; Paris, France)'s World Heritage list. The Andean city joined nine other South American sites to win the designation in 2000, along with Cuba's 19th century coffee plantations in the province of Santiago and Nicaragua's ruins in Leon Viejo. Argentina * Ischigualasto/Talampaya Parks * Jesuit missions and Estancias of Cordoba. Bolivia * Tiwanaku * Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Brazil * Jau National Park * Pantanal pantanal (pəntənäl`), lowland region of SW Mato Grosso state, Brazil, bordering the Paraguay River and extending to the the western edge of the Brazilian Plateau. Parts of the pantanal extend into Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the world's largest wetland area, c.77,000 sq mi (200,000 sq km). Chile * Chiloe churches Peru * Colonial Arequipa * Suriname Suriname (s  rĭnäm`, –năm`), officially Republic of Suriname, republic (2005 est. pop. 438,000), 63,037 sq mi (163,266 sq km), NE South America, on the Atlantic Ocean. Central Suriname Nature Reserve * Venezuela Ciudad Ciudad [Span.,=city]. For cities whose names begin thus but are not so listed, see under the following name; e.g.; for Ciudad Juárez, see Juárez. Universitaria de Caracas SOURCE: UNESCO |
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