🇵🇪
Peru
Peru is a country in South America with its capital in Lima.
- Capital
- Lima
- Region
- South America, Central & South America
- Population
- 34.4 million
- Languages
- Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
- Currency
- Peruvian sol (S/.)
- Area
- 1,285,216 km²
- Borders
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador
💡 Home to Machu Picchu and over 4,000 native varieties of potato.
About the flag
A popular legend says General José de San Martín chose red and white after seeing flamingos with red and white wings on the Peruvian coast.
How to spot it: Three equal vertical bands, red, white, red; Canada adds a maple leaf and has a wider white centre.
Often confused with: 🇨🇦 Canada