Peru
Republic of Peru · Piruw · Perú
Peru (PE, PER) is a country in South America, with Lima as its capital. The currency is the Peruvian Sol (PEN, PEN). The international dialling code is +51 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 912 345 678. The time zone is America/Lima. Official languages: Spanish and Quechua.
CurrencyPENPEN
Dial code+51e.g. 912 345 678
Time zoneLimaUTC−05:00
LanguageSpanish+1 more
CapitalLima
Population32.6M1.3M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Peru
- Native name
- Piruw · Perú
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PER
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 604
- IOC code
- PER
- Demonym
- Peruvian
- Capital
- Lima
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- South America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .pe
- Coordinates
- -10, -76
- Area
- 1,285,216 km²
- Population
- 32,600,200
- GDP
- $517.6B ($15.9K per person)
- Literacy
- 89.6%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Peruvian Sol PEN
- Symbol
- PEN
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- S/ 1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Lima | UTC−05:00 | none | Peru Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +51
- Dial-out prefix
- 00|19(?:1[124]|77|90)00 preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 105 pattern 1(?:05|1[67])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | (01) 1234567 | +51 1 1234567 | (XX) XXXXXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 912 345 678 | +51 912 345 678 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Toll free | (0800) 12345 | +51 800 12345 | (XXXX) XXXXX | 8 |
| Premium rate | (0805) 12345 | +51 805 12345 | (XXXX) XXXXX | 8 |
| Shared cost | (0801) 12345 | +51 801 12345 | (XXXX) XXXXX | 8 |
| Personal number | (0802) 12345 | +51 802 12345 | (XXXX) XXXXX | 8 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{5}) | 80 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d)(\d{7}) | 1 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{6}) | [4-8] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 9 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {Postal code}
{State/province}
- Predefined regions
- 26
Postal code
- Pattern
(?:LIMA \d{1,2}|CALLAO 0?\d)|[0-2]\d{4}- Examples
- LIMA 23 · LIMA 42 · CALLAO 2 · 02001
- Post office lookup
- http://www.codigopostal.gob.pe/pages/invitado/consulta.jsf
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Peru) locale (es-PE), amounts in PEN.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (PEN)
- S/ 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -S/ 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 soles peruanos
- Compact short
- 1.2 M
- Compact long
- 1.2 millones
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21.5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar. 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar. 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C