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PE Flag  Peru —  (pə rōō)
About The People

Did You Know...... The biggest Papal crowd was on Jan 15, 1995 when Pope John Paul II offered Mass to an estimated 4-5   »» More

Fashion... Although Western-style clothing is worn regularly in Lima, the capital, and other urban areas, rural  »» More

Socializing... Peruvians are strong willed and nationalistic. The people have a good sense of humor and are accommo  »» More

Family... The family unit is important in Peru. Nuclear families have, on average, three children. The father   »» More

Sports & Recreation... Soccer is the most popular sport. In the evening young people go to peñas where traditional Per  »» More

World Region: South America
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Peru History

"Machu Picchu Peru"

Machu picchu ruins

AS THE CRADLE of South America’s most advanced native American civilizations, Peru has a rich and unique heritage among the nations of the southern continent. It encompasses a past that reaches back over 10,000 years in one of the most harsh and inhospitable, if spectacular, environments in the world--the high Andes of South America. The culmination of Andean civilization was the construction by the Incas, in little more than one hundred years, of an empire that spanned a third of the South American continent  »» More

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Capital Cities... Lima  »» History of Lima
Population: 29,546,963
GDP: $238,900,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 1,285,220 (sq km) 496,223 (sq mi)
Currency: nuevo sol
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