Lima, the capital of Peru, has extremely little rainfall, but there are 9 million people living there. How do they survive?

Lima, the capital of Peru, really seldom rains, so it is also called "the city without rain".

Although it is extremely rare to rain in Lima, it doesn't rain all year round. The annual rainfall in Lima is about 15 millimeters. Of course, this rainfall is almost the same as nothing.

Lima, one of the largest cities in South America, was first established in 1535. Shortly after the new sea route was opened, the Spaniards who discovered the new American continent arrived in the Inca Empire in South America in search of gold.

It is extremely incredible that tens of thousands of Inca soldiers were scared by more than 1 Spanish colonists riding horses and holding guns, and the huge Inca empire quickly disintegrated. Spain thus established a vast colony in South America and occupied almost all of Latin America except Brazil.

Francisco Pizarro, the leader of the Spanish colonists at that time, chose the public order to build the city of Lima on the west coast of South America. As the center of Peru's governor's district, it is also the third largest economic and cultural center in Latin America after Bogota and Mexico City.

From the founding of the city to the liberation of San Martin in 1821, Lima was the head of the Spanish governor's residence in South America for hundreds of years, which witnessed the atrocities of Spanish colonists in South America for hundreds of years.

Lima has a tropical desert climate. It is located on the edge of the subtropical high in Nan 'an, where downward flow prevails, so it is extremely boring. However, the prevailing southeast trade wind blows from the mainland to the ocean, making it difficult for water vapor to rise. Coupled with the strong Peruvian cold current, it constitutes a stable inversion layer all year round, which is extremely difficult to constitute effective rainfall.

There is no obvious rainfall in Lima all the year round. At most, it is rain and fog in Mao Mao. As for lightning and thunder, I have never heard of it at all, but no rain is not complete. At least there is about 15 millimeters of rainfall in Lima a year.

However, unlike our impression of complete rainfall, the rainfall in Lima is not only very small, but also mainly in the form of thick and wet dew, falling in the form of powder, just like a large range of water mist steam.

Although the rainfall is very small, it can be affected by the cold current in Peru. The temperature here is very pleasant, which is around 2 degrees Celsius all year round, the coldest is not lower than 16 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature is not higher than 26 degrees Celsius. It is the real center of spring-like seasons, so flowers are flourishing and trees are everywhere.

Lima, which belongs to the tropical desert climate zone, is a city with flowers and green trees everywhere, and basically does not see the phenomenon of yellow sand all over the sky. The whole city is relatively refreshing and very comfortable and clean.

Lima is a large city with a long history, and it is also connected with callao Port on the offshore coast, so the level of economic development in Latin America is very high, with a population of over 9 million.

Although there is no obvious rainfall, there is no shortage of water in Lima. Because the eastern part of Lima is the towering Andes, the melting water of ice and snow forms many rivers with abundant water along the coast of Peru. There is an Apurimac River near Lima, which is also one of the sources of the Amazon River.

Relying on the abundant fresh water resources of the Aprimak River and the local open water in Lima, there is no water shortage in the local area, which can fully support the water demand of nearly 1 million people without any pressure.

since the colonial period, Lima has been stopped by the Spanish as the central city of Peru and even the western part of South America, so it has accumulated hundreds of years of development deposits, which is incomparable to other cities.

Because of its obvious advantages, Lima also concentrates most of the country's heavy industry and foreign trade, and its position in Peru is equivalent to that of Tokyo in Japan and Seoul in South Korea, but Lima is not as prosperous as the former two, and more than one third of the residents in Lima live in slums.

Fortunately, there is no precipitation in Lima, and the climate is cool and peaceful. Even if the local poor live in simple and crude shacks, they don't have to worry too much. I don't know whether this is luck or misfortune.