Peru: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: -10.11886 / longitude: -76.64382

General information

Culture

Interesting food you need to try here: Ceviche. There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: City of Cuzco, Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Chavin (Archaeological Site), Huascarán National Park, Chan Chan Archaeological Zone.

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

The currency ISO code is PEN and the currency symbol is S/.. In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 13.90S/. (around $3.57 USD). In 2021 the GDP was $223,249,497,500 USD, placing it at position 49 in the market.

Population

The median age of the population is 29.10 years with a birth growth rate of 0.50%. There are 31,488,700 people here, or 0.42% of the world's population.

Geography

Lima serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador. The area of the country is 1,285,216 km², a postcode system is employed and the main cities are: Lima, Trujillo, Santiago De Surco, San Juan De Lurigancho, Ica. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: Aymara, Quechua, Spanish.

Good to know

The country's ISO code is PE, the domain name ".pe" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +51 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru is a good place to find out more details on this country.

Summary

Flag
ISO code PE
Capital Lima
Population 31,488,700
World percentage 0.42%
Median age 29.10 years
Population growth rate 0.50%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
GDP (2021) $223,249,497,500
GDP position #49
Big Mac local price 13.90S/.
Big Mac USD price $3.57
Currency code PEN
Currency symbol S/.
School life expectancy 15 years
National dish Ceviche
TLD .pe
Phone prefix +51
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru