Official languages

Spanish (main)1

Capital and largest city

Lima

President

Alejandro Toledo Manrique

Prime Minister

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Area - Total - % water

World ranking: 20th 1,285,220 km² 8.80%

Population - Total (2005) - Density

World ranking: 39th 26,152,265

GDP -GDP PPP year -GDP PPP per capita

$155,388 million(47th) $ 5,556 (99th)

HDI (2003)

0.762 (79th) – medium

Independence  - Declared

From Spain 28 July 1821

Currency

Nuevo Sol (S/.)

Time zone

UTC -5

National anthem

"Somos libres, seámoslo siempre" "We are free, may we always be so"

Internet TLD

.pe

Calling Code

51

Member

UN, CAN, SCN, APEC, others.