The Sol (S/.) (ISO 4217: PEN) is from December 15, 2015 the monetary unit of legal tender in Peru, formerly called Nuevo Sol . It is divided into 100 cents. Coins of 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 2 and 5 soles and bills of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 soles are currently circulating. Coins of 1 cent have also been minted, but these were withdrawn from circulation in May 2011.

Central Reserve Bank (BCR)

Location

It is located to the southwest of Peru, facing the Pacific Ocean with 528 kilometers of coastline. Because of this location, it is the commercial center of the south of the country, which includes the departments of Apurimac, Cusco, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna; And it is part of the tourist corridor of the Peruvian south, which means that it is interconnected with 40% of the country, and perched on a steep slope in the Andes. It limits the northeast with Ica and Ayacucho; By the north, with Apurimac and Cusco; By the east, with Moquegua and Puno; By the southwest, with the Pacific Ocean.

• South Latitude: 14º 36´ 6".
• West Latitude: Meridians 71º 59´ 39" y 75º 5´ 52".

Rivers

• Tambo
• Ocoña
• Majes
• Chili

Snowy mountains

• Ampato (6.310 m.s.n.m.)
• Hualcahualca (6.025 m.s.n.m.)
• Chachani (6.057 m.s.n.m.)
• Pichu Picchu (5.500 m.s.n.m.)

Volcanos

• Coropuna (6.305 m.s.n.m.)
• Solimana (6.117 m.s.n.m.)
• Misti (5.821 m.s.n.m.)

Abras

• Apo Apacheta (5.100 m.s.n.m.) en la Provincia de Castilla.
• Chucura (4.720 m.s.n.m.) en la Provincia de Caylloma.
• Visca (4.650 m.s.n.m.) en las Provincias de La Unión y Condesuyos.

Islands

• Hornillos
• Blanca
• Casca
• Saragosa

Lagoons

• Mucurca
• Salinas

Access roads

To get from Arequipa to the town of El Pedregal (capital of the district of Majes), it is a journey of almost 2 hours through the Arequipa - Cruce La Joya - Vitor - El Pedregal road, it is a completely paved and signposted road that runs All the valley of Majes. The Arequipa - El Pedregal service in winter season is the most requested route, while in summer it is the third most requested route after Camaná and Mollendo. They offer a permanent transport service with lots of buses and minivans.

As for the district of Santa Rita de Siguas, it is located to the northwest of the province to the south of kilometer 931 of the Pan-American highway, appears nailed to the pampas of the local coastal desert whose territory is abruptly cut by the rivers Siguas and Vítor that Form deep transverse valleys and delimit the Pampas de Siguas.

Annual Climatology