Peru
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| Republic of Peru República del Perú
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| Motto: "Firme y Feliz por la Unión" (Spanish) "Firm and Happy for the Union" |
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| Anthem: Himno Nacional del Peru (Spanish) National Anthem of Peru |
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National seal: Great Seal of the State |
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| Capital and largest city |
Lima 12°2.6′S 77°1.7′W / 12.0433°S 77.0283°W |
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| Official languagesa | Spanish (offical) 84.1% Quechua (official) 13% Aymara (official) 1.7% | |||||
| Demonym | Peruvian | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Fernando Zavala | ||||
| - | Vice Presidents | Martín Vizcarra Mercedes Aráoz |
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| Legislature | Congress President Luz Salgado |
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| Independence from Spain | ||||||
| - | Declared | July 28, 1821 | ||||
| - | Consolidated | December 9, 1824 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | December 31, 1993 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 1,285,216 km2 (20th) 496,225 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0.41 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2013 estimate | 30,475,144 (40th) | ||||
| - | 2007 census | 28,220,764 | ||||
| - | Density | 23/km2 (191st) 57/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $352.875 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $11,403[1] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $220.825 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $7,135[1] | ||||
| Gini (2010) | ▼ 46.0[2] high · 35th |
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| HDI (2013) |  0.741[3]high · 77th |
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| Currency | Nuevo sol (PEN) | |||||
| Time zone | PET (UTC−5) | |||||
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (CE) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +51 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .pe | |||||
| a. | Quechua, Aymara and other indigenous languages are co-official in the areas where they predominate. | |||||
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Peru". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2011&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=52&pr1.y=3&c=273%2C228%2C233%2C293%2C238&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2010". United Nations. 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
