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Capital Peru : |
Lima .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Peru :
| Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km .
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| Climate Peru :
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes .
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| Life expectancy Peru :
| 69.22 years .
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| Fertility rate Peru :
| 2.61 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Peru :
| constitutional republic .
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| Population Peru :
| 27,544,305 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Peru :
| 1,285,220 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Peru :
| 1,839,200 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Peru :
| 2,908,800 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Peru :
| 51.
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| Sex ratio total Peru :
| 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Peru ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Peru ratio 15 64 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Peru ratio 65 :
| 0.89 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Peru :
| $-1.116 billion (2003) |
| HIV Peru :
| 0.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Peru :
| 54% (2003 est.) |
| Literacy Peru :
| 90,90% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Peru :
| 1,60% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Peru :
| 35.4% (1996) |
| Inflation Peru :
| 2.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Peru :
| 9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Peru :
| 2.85 million (2003) |
| Location Peru :
| Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador |
| Geographic Coordinates Peru :
| 10 00 S, 76 00 W |
| Religion Peru :
| Roman Catholic 90% |
| Administrative region Peru :
| 24 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 constitutional province* (provincia constitucional); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao*, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali |
| Terrain Peru :
| western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) |
| Elevation extremes lowest Peru :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Peru :
| Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m |
| Natural resources Peru :
| copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |
| Land use arable land Peru :
| 2,89% |
| Land use permanentcrops Peru :
| 0,40% |
| Irrigated land Peru :
| 11,950 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Peru :
| earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| Environment current issues Peru :
| deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes |
| Geography note Peru :
| shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River |
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Divisions
Amazonas
Ancash
Apurimac
Arequipa
Ayacucho
Cajamarca
Callao
Cusco
Huancavelica
Huanuco
Ica
Junin
La Libertad
Lambayeque
Lima
Loreto
Madre de Dios
Moquegua
Pasco
Piura
Puno
San Martin
Tacna
Tumbes
Ucayali
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