Peru

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

Peru (ⁱ/pəˈruː/; Spaingie: Perú [peˈɾu]; Quechua: Piruw [pɪɾʊw];^[9] Aymara: Piruw [pɪɾʊw]), officially the Republic of Peru (Spaingie: República del Perú (help·info)), 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 south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.^[10] Peru has a population of 34 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At 1.28 million km² (0.5 million mi²), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America.

Republic o Peru República del Perú  (Spaingie) Piruw Republika  (Quechua) Piruw Suyu  (Aymara)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Firme y feliz por la unión" (Spaingie) "Firm and Happy for the Union"
Anthem: Himno Nacional del Perú  (Spaingie) Naitional Anthem o Peru
Naitional seal: Gran Sello del Estado  (Spaingie) Great Seal o the State
Caipital and largest city	Lima 12°2.6′S 77°1.7′W / 12.0433°S 77.0283°W / -12.0433; -77.0283
Offeecial leidsa	Spaingie Quechua Aymara
Ethnic groups (2013)	45% Amerindian 37% Mestizo 15% White 3% others[1]
Releegion (2017[a])[2]	94.51% Christianity —76.03% Catholicism —18.48% Other Christian 5.09% No religion 0.40% Other
Demonym(s)	Peruvian
Govrenment	Unitar semi-presidential republic[3][4]
• Preses	Pedro Castillo
• Vice Preses	Dina Boluarte
• Prime Meenister	Aníbal Torres
• President o Congress	Maricarmen Alva
Legislatur	Congress o the Republic
Unthirldom frae the Kinrick o Spain
• Declared	28 Julie 1821
• Consolidated	9 December 1824
• Recognised	14 August 1879
Aurie
• Total	1,285,216 km2 (496,225 sq mi) (19t)
• Water (%)	0.41
Population
• 2021 estimate	34,294,231[5] (44th)
• 2017 census	31,237,385
• Density	23/km2 (59.6/sq mi) (198th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$385.719 billion[6] (47th)
• Per capita	$11,516[6] (103rd)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Tot	$195.761 billion[6] (49th)
• Per capita	$5,845[6] (86th)
Gini (2019)	41.5[7] medium
HDI (2019)	0.777[8] heich · 79th
Currency	Sol (PEN)
Time zone	UTC−5 (PET)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+51
ISO 3166 code	PE
Internet TLD	.pe

Peruvian territory was home to several ancient cultures. Ranging from the Norte Chico civilization starting in 3500 BCE, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the five cradles of civilization, to the Inca Empire, the largest state in the pre-Columbian Americas, the territory now including Peru has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 10th millennium BCE.

The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a viceroyalty that encompassed most of its South American territories, with its capital in Lima. Higher education started in the Americas with the official establishment of the National University of San Marcos in Lima in 1551. Peru formally proclaimed independence in 1821, and following the foreign military campaigns of José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar, and the decisive battle of Ayacucho, Peru completed its independence in 1824. In the ensuing years, the country first suffered of political instability until a period of relative economic and political stability begun due to the explotaiton of guano. Later, the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) with Chile brought Peru to a state of crisis from wich the olygarchy seize power through the Civilista Party. In the 20th century, the country endured coups, social unrest, and internal conflicts, as well as periods of stability and economic upswing. In the 1990s, the country implemented a neoliberal economic model which is still in use to this day. As the 2000s commodities boom took place, Peru experienced a period of constant economic growth and a decrease in poverty.

The sovereign state of Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions. Peru has a high level of human development^[11] with an upper middle income level^[12] ranking 82nd on the Human Development Index.^[13] It is one of the region's most prosperous economies with an average growth rate of 5.9%^[14] and it has one of the world's fastest industrial growth rates at an average of 9.6%.^[15] Its main economic activities include mining, manufacturing, agriculture and fishing; along with other growing sectors such as telecommunications and |currency = Sol |currency_code = PEN |time_zone = PET |utc_offset = −5 |date_format = dd.mm.yyyy (CE) |drives_on = right |calling_code = +51 |cctld = .pe |footnote_a = Quechua, Aymara an ither indigenous leids are co-offeecial in the auries whaur thay predominate. }}

Peru is a kintra in wastren Sooth Americae. It is bordered on the north bi Ecuador an Colombie, on the east bi Brazil, on the sootheast bi Bolivie, on the sooth bi Chile, an on the wast bi the Paceefic Ocean. Peru is ane o the maist megadiverse kintras.

Lima is the caipital ceety o the kintra.

The Preses o Peru is Francisco Sagasti.