Peru Communications

Country Name: Republic of Peru

Capital City: Lima

Population: 28,302,603 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 1.32% (2006 est.)

Currency: nuevo sol (PEN)

Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages

Area: 1,285,220 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.1% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006)

Domain extension: .pe

COMMUNICATIONS OF PERU

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.25 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

5.583 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:

.pe

Internet hosts:

269,981 (2006)

Internet users:

4.6 million (2005)

International dialing code: