south america • PER
Peru
Location marker · geographic overview
10° S / 76° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Lima
- Population
- 34,217,848 2024
- Area
- 1,285,216 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
- Currency
- Peruvian sol (PEN)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Peru
Peru (Spanish: Perú) is without a doubt one of the most captivating countries in South America. Home of the epic lost Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and the mind-blowing Nazca Lines, this country's unique past awakens the adventurer in travellers of all sorts. Its awe-inspiring scenery varies from the wild Amazon jungles to vast coastal deserts and the icy peaks of the Andes.
Landscape & landmarks
Many of the best Inca sites are in the Inca Highlands, around the beautiful city of Cuzco, once the capital of the Inca Empire and now a World Heritage Site itself, as well as a bustling city.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
A very common fish dish is ceviche, raw fish marinated in lime juice.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-08. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South America
- Calling code
- +51
- Internet domain
- .pe
- Land border codes
- BOL, BRA, CHL, COL, ECU
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .pe. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.