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Peru      Country: Peru Internet: .pe Continent: South America Government URL: http://www.congreso.gob.pe/index.htm Area: 1285220 sq km Population: 28,302,603 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 28380.255 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 14264.507 Population Women: 14115.748 Annual Growth Rate: 1.496 % Birth Rate: 20.48 % Death Rate: 6.23 % Life Expectancy: 69.84 years Infant Mortality Rate: 30.94 % Fertility Rate: 2.51 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.5 % HIV AIDS Living With: 82,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 4,200 Labor Force: 9,210,000 Unemployment Rate: 7.2 % GDP Per Capita: $6,400 GDP Purchasing Power: $181,800,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 6.5 Industrial Growth: 7 Inflation Rate CP: 2.1 % Investment Gross Fixed: 20.3 Public Debt: 33.8 Capital: Lima Capital Population: 8180000 (metro area) / 7029928 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 12 03 S, 77 03 W UTC Offset: -5 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 4 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 8808 km Roadways: 78829 km Railways: 3462 km Airports: 268 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 4600000 Internet Hosts: 269981 Telephones Mobile: 5,583,000 Telephones Main: 2250500 Debt External: $27,930,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $17,040,000,000 Imports: $15,380,000,000 Exports: $22,690,000,000 Current Account Balance: $1,515,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 246,800,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 0 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 860,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 860,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 22,310,000,000 Electricity Production: 23,990,000,000 Oil Consumption: 156,000 Oil Exports: 49,000 Oil Production: 120,000 Oil Reserves: 370,000,000  Map of Peru

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