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{{Nation|common_name=Peru|full_name=Kingdom of Peru|local_name=Reino del Perú|flag=|established=|capital=Cusco|largest_city=Lima|population=|government_type=|area=|languages=|currency=}}

'''Peru'''; Spanish: ''Perú''; Quechua: ''Piruw''; Aymara: ''Piruw,'' officially the '''Kingdom of Peru''', is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the south by Chile and Carolina, in the north by Colombia and to the east by Brazil, Equador and Paraguay. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains, to the eastern lowlands, to the peaks of the Andes mountains and the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest.

The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a viceroyalty that encompassed most of its South American territories, with its capital in Lima. Peru formally proclaimed independence in 1875, and following the [[Communard invasion of Spain]] with former viceroy [[José Mateo Pérez de Avilés]] declaring Peruvian independence of Spanish authority in Lima.

'''Spanish Rule'''

'''War with Colombia'''

{{Nations of the World}}