Republic of Peru República del Perú  (Spanish) Co-official names Quechua: Piruw Republika Aymara: Piruw Suyu
Motto:
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Capital and largest city	Lima 12°2.6′S 77°1.7′W / 12.0433°S 77.0283°W / -12.0433; -77.0283
Official languages	Spanish (Peruvian)
Quechua Aymara other indigenous languages
English French German Chinese Italian Hindi Sign Language Arabic Portuguese
Ethnic groups (2017)	List of ethnic groups 60.20% Mestizo 25.80% Amerindian —24.90% Andean ——22.32% Quechua ——2.36% Aymara ——0.21% Other —0.91% Amazonian ——0.24% Asháninka ——0.16% Aguaruna ——0.11% Shipibo ——0.06% Chayahuita ——0.34% Other 5.89% White 3.57% Black 0.16% Asian —0.10% Nikkei —0.06% Tusan 1.04% Other 3.32% No answer
Religion (2017)	List of religions 76.03% Roman Catholic 18.48% Protestant —14.07% Evangelical —1.64% Non-denominational Christian —1.52% Adventist —0.75% Jehovah's Witness —0.49% Mormon 5.09% Non-religious 0.41% Others
Demonym(s)	Peruvian
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republicunder semi-presidential system
• President	Dina Boluarte
• Prime Minister	Alberto Otárola
Legislature	Congress of the Republic
Independence  from the Kingdom of Spain
• Declared	July 28, 1821
• Consolidated	December 9, 1824
• Recognized	August 14, 1879
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (19th)
• Water (%)	0.41
Population
• 2020 estimate	32,824,358 (42nd)
• 2017 census	31,237,385
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (198th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$505.450 billion (36th)
• Per capita	$15,399 (85th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$240.175 billion (41st)
• Per capita	$7,317 (80th)
Gini (2017)	▼ 43.3 medium
HDI (2018)	0.763 high · 82th
Currency	Sol (PEN)
Time zone	UTC−5 (PET)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+51
ISO 3166 code	PE
Internet TLD	.pe

Peru

Machu Picchu

Peru is a country in South America. The capital is Lima. The ruins of Machu Picchu, the Andes mountains, and the source of the Amazon River are all found in Peru.

Peru is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the south by Chile, and to the southeast by Bolivia. Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions and over 33 million people live in it.