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Capital: lima
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of peru conventional short form: peru local long form: republica del peru local short form: peru
National holiday: independence day. 28 july (1821)
Government type
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constitutional republic
Administrative divisions: 25 regions (regiones. singular - region) and 1 province* (provincia); amazonas. ancash. apurimac. arequipa. ayacucho. cajamarca. callao. cusco. huancavelica. huanuco. ica. junin. la libertad. lambayeque. lima. lima*. loreto. madre de dios. moquegua. pasco. piura. puno. san martin. tacna. tumbes. ucayali |
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Independence:
28 july 1821 (from spain)
Political parties and leaders: independent moralizing front or fim [fernando olivera vega]; national unity (unidad nacional) or un [lourdes flores nano]; peru posible or pp [david waisman]; peruvian aprista party or pap (also referred to by its original name alianza popular revolucionaria americana or apra) [alan garcia]; popular action or ap [javier diaz orihuela]; solucion popular [carlos bolana]; somos peru or sp [alberto andrade]; union for peru or upp [roger guerra garcia]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
leftist guerrilla groups include shining path [abimael guzman reynoso (imprisoned). gabriel macario (top leader at-large)]; tupac amaru revolutionary movement or mrta [victor polay (imprisoned). hugo avalleneda valdez (top leader at-large)]
International organization participation
: apec. can. csn. fao. g-15. g-24. g-77. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. laes. laia. mercosur (associate). miga. minustah. monuc. nam. oas. onub. opanal. opcw. pca. rg. un. unctad. unesco. unido. unmee. unmil. unmis. unoci. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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