Peru facts of interest

Area: 496,224 sq. miles
Population: 27,126,000
Capital: Lima
Religion: Roman Catholic
Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Ayamara
Literacy: 91%
Life exectancy: 69 yrs.
GDP Per Capita: US $5,000
Currency: Nuevo Sol (1 = .34 usd)
Industry: Mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, food processing.
Agriculture: coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, poultry, fish.
Exports: Fish/Fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum.
Electricity: Peru uses a 220 volt system

(courtesy of "viva travel guide to peru")