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2 unusual facts about Andean region


HIV/AIDS in Peru

Peru’s strategy to prevent STIs was called a model for the Andean region, and in 2000, UNAIDS cited Peru’s HIV/AIDS prevention program as one of the best in the world.

Mirabilis expansa

This is an underutilized root crop that is found in the Andean region.



see also

Chavin

Chavín culture, an early culture of the Andean region, pre-dating the Moche culture in Peru

Prostitution in Ecuador

Most Ecuadoran children trafficked into Venezuela come from the provinces of Chimborazo and Cañar in the Andean region, a predominately indigenous area.

Risaralda Department

Risaralda department with an area of 365,300 ha, is located in the central sector of the central Andean region west of the country between two major poles of economic development (department of Antioquia in northern and southern Cauca Valley, extending between the central and western Cordillera), which slopes down toward the Río Cauca, also borders the departments of Caldas in the north-east, east Tolima, Quindio Chocó south and west.