Peru

The country calling code for Peru is +51. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Peru number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Peru is assigned PE as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and PER as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Peru is .pe. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Peru is the Peruvian sol, with the ISO 4217 code PEN and the symbol S/.. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Peru are quoted in PEN. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Peru is -05:00, currently UTC-05:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Peru is Lima. Peru sits in Americas, specifically the South America subregion. Its approximate centre point is -10.00000000, -76.00000000. Traffic in Peru drives on the right. Languages recorded for Peru: Spanish.

Peru shares a land border with 5 countries: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.