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The Republic of Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a Viceroyalty, which included most of its South American colonies. After achieving independence in 1821, Peru has undergone periods of political unrest and fiscal crisis as well as periods of stability and economic upswing.
Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions. Its geography varies from the arid plains of the Pacific coast to the peaks of the Andes mountains and the tropical forests of the Amazon Basin. It is a developing country with a medium Human Development Index score and a poverty level around 40%. Its main economic activities include agriculture, fishing, mining, and manufacturing of products such as textiles.
The Peruvian population, estimated at 28 million, is multiethnic, including Amerindians, Europeans, Africans and Asians. The main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant number of Peruvians speak Quechua or other native languages. This mixture of cultural traditions has resulted in a wide diversity of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature, and music.
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Capital (and largest city): Lima
Official language: Spanish
Demonym: Peruvian
Government: Presidential republic
Independence from Spain
- Declared July 28, 1821
- Recognized December 9, 1824
Area
- Total 1,285,220 km² (20th), 496,222 sq mi
- Water (%) 8.80
Population
- 2007 census 28,220,764
- Density 22/km² (193rd), 57/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
- Total $207.985 billion (51st)
- Per capita $7,410 (79th)
GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate
- Total $101.504 billion (55th)
- Per capita $3,616 (87th)
HDI (2005): ▲0.773 (medium) (87th)
Currency: Nuevo Sol (PEN)
Time zone: PET (UTC-5)
Internet TLD: .pe
Calling code: +51
The national flag of Chile, consists of two unequal horizontal bands of white and red and a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It was adopted on 18 October 1817. The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star).
One of the participating nations at the International Mosaiculture, Montréal Botanical Garden.
Indonesian flag hoisting at Jakarta's Art Gallery. I'm waiting for the winds to blow off, and this is what i can get.
In June 2017, the largest rainbow flag in North America was hoisted above the Avenue Building in downtown Saskatoon. It flew during Saskatoon's annual pride festival and for several weeks afterward.
Bandeiras do ponto de onibus de Blumenau, perto da Prefeitura.
Flags of the Blumenau bus stop, near the City Hall.
Project 52, week 9, 4/5. Triangle.
St. Andrew's cross provides convenient blue triangles!
And my sweetie provides convenient UK heraldry!
Montréal, QC.
Three historic (?) flags fly from homes on Pinckney Street in Annapolis.
DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP
The phrase "Don't give up the ship," uttered by Captain James Lawrence after being mortally wounded by enemy fire aboard the gunboat Chesapeake on June 1, 1813, became the battle cry of naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry who later used a blue battle flag emblazoned with the words.
JOHN SHAW FLAG
To prepare for the period when the United States Congress would meet in the Maryland State House, from November 26, 1783 to June 3, 1784, the Governor of Maryland commissioned local cabinetmaker John Shaw to create a U.S. flag. The flag was slightly different from other designs of the time, with the blue field extending over the entire height of the hoist. Shaw created two versions of the flag: one which started with a red stripe and another that started with a white stripe. One of the flags flew on the Maryland State House for nine months from November 1783 to August 1784 while Annapolis was used as the National Capital, and the United States Congress met there. The other flew over the governor's house.
CALVERT ARMS / KING'S COLORS
Often mistakenly called the "Maryland Colonial" flag, there is no historic or documentary proof that this blend of the black and gold diamonds from the Calvert family colors (The Calverts were the Lords Baltimore, lords proprietors of the Royal Colony of Maryland), with the the King's Colors of 1606 as the canton, was ever used during the colonial period. Rather it was first ordered by the governor of Maryland in 1976 for the bi-centennial as the design he liked with no historical proof that it was ever flown in Maryland. The only documentation or mention of a Maryland flag during the revolutionary period and earlier almost always refers solely to the Black and Gold Calvert arms.
March 26. Today. It's the (officially recognized) day on which Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Anyone who survived the 9-month war that followed, till the country was liberated on 16 December that same year, will never forget and always hold the little flags hanging by a string in the foreground close to their hearts. The green and red flag that's on the car (without the map of the country in yellow/gold), is what my country's flag came to look like soon after the birth of the nation. And, just like we have two national days - one for Independence (26 March) and the other for Victory (16 December) - we have two flags, one under which we fought for our liberty and the other under which we grew as an independent nation.
The juxtaposition of the two flags in this image was just a chance, not a deliberately manipulated, occurrence.
The ReStart Mail on a walk around the city catching up on the earthquake rebuild/repair. March 3, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.
Public buildings in the UK are today flying the Union Jack to mark the birthday of Her majesty the Queen who was born on this day in 1926