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With 1,285,215 km2, Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina. Making it one of the 20 largest countries in the world. Peru also has two hundred nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean and territorial rights over an area of 60 million hectares in the Antarctic.
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27million inhabitants, with a urban population of 72.3% and 27.7% at the rural level. |
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Spanish and quechua are the two official languages. As part of its cultural wealth, Peru has a multitude of languages. Quechua is the most important native language and it is spoken in most cities in the andes. The aymara is spoken in some areas in the Puno region. In the Amazon a multitude of indigenous dialects are spoken. These dialects are spread over an astonishing variety of families, as those who even in these days survive giving birth to 45 different languages |
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The oficial currency in Peru is the Nuevo Sol (S/.). Divided in 100 cents. Circulating coins of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents; 1, 2, 5 nuevos soles and bills of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 nuevos soles.
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Peruvian people are believers by nature: the diversity of beliefs and freedom of worship are manifested in a variety of festivities and rituals that reflect both the catholic fervor (part of the spanish heritage) and the mysticism of the ancient pre-hispanic cultures.
Ninety percent of the population is catholic, 6.73 percent are christians, 2.56 percent are from other religions and the remaining 1.65 percent has no religion.
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