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Archaeology Project
Peru
$-/weekPERU 
South AmericaPERU
Key facts
Capital:Lima
Location:Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Currency:nuevo sol (PEN)
Area:1,285,216 sq km
Population:32,201,224 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.7% (2017 est.)
Religion:Roman Catholic 60%, Christian 14.6% (includes Evangelical 11.1%, other 3.5%), other 0.3%, none 4%, unspecified 21.1% (2017 est.)
TimeZone:UTC-5
Tel Code:+51
