Peru: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Peru

Geography

1,285,216 km² make up the entire country, they use a postcode system and the key cities are: Lima, Trujillo, Santiago De Surco, San Juan De Lurigancho, Ica. Lima is the nation's capital and the country has a border with Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Aymara, Quechua, Spanish.

Population

There are 31,488,700 inhabitants, or 0.42% of the population of planet earth. In this country, the median age is 29.10 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.50%.

Culture

You can find some UNESCO listed places: City of Cuzco, Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Chavin (Archaeological Site), Huascarán National Park, Chan Chan Archaeological Zone. Interesting food you need to try here: Ceviche.

Education

The average length of time residents spend in school is 15 years (including tertiary education). You can find famous universities here like Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $223,249,497,500 USD, which ranks it number 49 in the world. You need to pay 13.90S/. (around $3.57 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. The sign for the local currency is S/. (PEN).

Good to know

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru for more information about this nation. Telephone numbers begin with +51, the country's ISO code is PE, the domain name ".pe" is used by the country's websites

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