Peru

Summary

Peru is a sovereign state^[1]. Peru draws 6,481 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign_state category, ranking #104 of 197).^[2]

Key Facts

• Peru is identified as part of the Peruvians ethnic group^[3].
• Peru is in the country of Peru^[4].
• Peru is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Peru is on the body of water Grau Sea^[6].
• Peru's head of government is recorded as José María Balcázar^[7].
• Peru is on the continent of South America^[8].
• Peru's instance of is recorded as sovereign state^[9].
• Peru's instance of is recorded as country^[10].
• Peru's head of state is recorded as José Jerí^[11].
• Peru's head of state is recorded as José María Balcázar^[12].
• Peru's capital is recorded as Lima^[13].
• Peru's official language is recorded as Spanish^[14].
• Peru's official language is recorded as Aymara^[15].
• Peru's official language is recorded as Quechua^[16].
• Peru's currency is recorded as Nuevo sol^[17].
• Peru's shares border with is recorded as Ecuador^[18].
• Peru's shares border with is recorded as Colombia^[19].
• Peru's shares border with is recorded as Bolivia^[20].
• Peru's shares border with is recorded as Brazil^[21].
• Peru's shares border with is recorded as Chile^[22].
• Peru's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .pe^[23].
• Peru's anthem is recorded as National Anthem of Peru^[24].
• Peru's basic form of government is recorded as presidential system^[25].
• Peru's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Amazonas Department^[26].
• Peru's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Áncash Department^[27].

Body

Geography

Peru is in the country of Peru^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean^[5], an ocean^[28] and Grau Sea^[6], a sea^[29]. Peru is on the continent of South America^[8]. Peru is part of Latin America^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include sovereign state^[9] and country^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Peru include Meleagris^[31], a taxon^[32]; Peruvians^[33], a human population^[34]; Perucetus^[35], a fossil taxon^[36]; Peru–Chile Trench^[37], an oceanic trench^[38]; 2007 Peru earthquake^[39], an earthquake^[40]; Cephalotes peruviensis^[41], a taxon^[42]; and Spaethaspis peruviana^[43], a taxon^[44].

Why It Matters

Peru draws 6,481 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign_state category, ranking #104 of 197).^[2] Peru has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Peru is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Peru include Meleagris^[31], a taxon^[32]; Peruvians^[33], a human population^[34]; Perucetus^[35], a fossil taxon^[36]; Peru–Chile Trench^[37], an oceanic trench^[38]; 2007 Peru earthquake^[39], an earthquake^[40]; and Cephalotes peruviensis^[41], a taxon^[42].