Peru

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Peru is a country in Mainland South America, South America. Its capital is Lima. Peru is next to Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador.

A way to remember it

Peru is the chunky country on South America's Pacific coast, tucked below Ecuador and Colombia and above Chile.

Good to know

Part of Lake Titicaca, one of the highest large lakes in the world, belongs to Peru.