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República del Perú

Republic of Peru
Flag of Peru
Coat of arms of Peru
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Firme y feliz por la unión" (Spanish)
"Firm and Happy for the Union"
Anthem: Himno Nacional del Perú  (Spanish)
National Anthem of Peru
National seal:
Gran Sello de la República del Perú.svg
Gran Sello del Estado  (Spanish)
Great Seal of the State
Location of Peru
Capital
and largest city
Lima
12°2.6′S 77°1.7′W / 12.0433°S 77.0283°W / -12.0433; -77.0283
Official languagesa
Ethnic groups (2013)
Demonym Peruvian
Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Fernando Zavala Lombardi
Martín Vizcarra
Mercedes Aráoz
Legislature Congress
Independence from the Kingdom of Spain
• Declared
28 July 1821
9 December 1824
• Recognized
14 August 1879
Area
• Total
1,285,216 km2 (496,225 sq mi) (19th)
• Water (%)
0.41
Population
• 2015 estimate
31,151,643
• 2007 census
28,220,764
• Density
23/km2 (59.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
• Total
$409.853 billion
• Per capita
$13,018
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
• Total
$180.291 billion
• Per capita
$5,726
Gini (2014)  44.1
medium
HDI (2014) Increase 0.734
high · 84th
Currency Sol (PEN)
Time zone PET (UTC−5)
Date format dd.mm.yyyy (CE)
Drives on the right
Calling code +51
ISO 3166 code PE
Internet TLD .pe
  1. Quechua, Aymara and other indigenous languages are co-official in the areas where they predominate.

Coordinates: 10°S 76°W / 10°S 76°W / -10; -76

Peru (Listeni/pəˈr/; Spanish: Perú [peɾu]; Quechua: Piruw [pʰɪɾʊw];Aymara: Piruw [pɪɾʊw]), officially the Republic of Peru (Spanish: About this sound República del Perú ), is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.


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