| Country Name | Peru |
| Full Country Name | Republic of Peru |
| Local - Long | Republica del Peru |
| Local - Short | Peru |
| Etymology- history of name | exact meaning is obscure, but the name may derive from a native word "biru" meaning "river" |
| Government Type | presidential republic |
| Capital Name | Lima |
| Capital - geographic coordinate | 12 03 S, 77 03 W |
| Capital Time Difference | UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| Independence | 28 July 1821 (from Spain) |
| National Holiday | Independence Day, 28 July (1821) |
| Constitution | several previous; latest promulgated 29 December 1993, enacted 31 December 1993; amended several times, last in 2015 |
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