Peru

List of Zoo in Peru

• Huachipa zoo
• Parque de las Leyendas

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the ... 

Capital: Lima

Currency: Peruvian nuevo sol

President: Ollanta Humala

Official language: Spanish Language

Government: Republic, Presidential system, Unitary state, Constitutional republic

Population: 29,399,817 (2011)

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Peru i/pəˈruː/ (Spanish: Perú; Quechua: Perú;[4] Aymara: Piruw), officially the Republic of Peru (Spanish: República del Perú, pronounced: [reˈpuβlika ðel peˈɾu] ( listen)), is a country located in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Peruvian territory was home to ancient cultures spanning from the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a Viceroyalty, which included most of its South American colonies. After achieving independence in 1821, Peru has undergone periods of political unrest and fiscal crisis as well as periods of stability and economic upswing.