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Peru - Economy
Currency : Sol (PEN) = 100 Centimos
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 4.08 Soles (PEN)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 54.8 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 1960 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 73.05 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 2612 dollars

Peru - Miscellaneous information
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Coca leaves (2)
- Lemons (10)
- Coffee (12)
- Cocoa (13)
- Potatoes (17)
- Sugar cane (18)
- Rice (25)
 - Mules (7)
- Sheeps (16)
 - Silver (2)
- Tin (2)
- Zinc (3)
- Lead (4)
- Copper (5)
- Gold (6)
- Iron (16)
- Deposits of gas
 RECORDS :
- Source of the biggest river flow in the world (Amazon, 150 000 m3/s). See also Brazil.
- Source of the 2nd longest river in the world (Amazon, 6400 km). See also Brazil.
- Largest lake in South America = Titicaca (8200 Km2 ; height=3811 m). See also Bolivia.
- The 2nd highest village in the world = Minasraga (5 100 m).

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