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Draft:Republic of Peru in 2013

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Republic of Peru
República del Perú (Spanish)
Co-official names[a]
Motto: [Firm and Happy for the Union] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)  
(Spanish: Firme y Feliz por la Unión)
Anthem: "Himno Nacional del Peru!"  (in Spanish)
"National Anthem of Peru"

Location of Peru
Capital
and largest city
Lima
Official languagesSpanish
Demonym(s)Peruvian
GovernmentUnitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Ollanta Humala
Juan Jiménez Mayor
LegislatureCongress
Independence 
from Spain
• Declared
July 28, 1821
• Consolidated
December 9, 1824
• Recognized
August 14, 1879
• Current constitution
December 31, 1993
ISO 3166 codePE


Notes

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  1. ^ In Peru, other languages have been officially recognized as legitimate autochthonous languages, which are co-official alongside Spanish in those areas where they predominate.