Flag and map of Peru
Peru is a country in South America. Below you'll find the flag, the outline of the territory and a fact sheet with the essentials and some trivia — everything that shows up as a hint in the Vexdle game.
Flag of Peru
Map
Fact sheet
- Capital
- Lima
- Continent
- South America
- Population
- 34,922,148
- Languages
- Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Currency
- PEN
- Land borders
- 5 countries
- Geography
- Has a coastline
Flag anatomy
Red-white-red vertical bands; the state flag adds a coat of arms with a vicuña and a cinchona tree.
Fun facts Did you know?
- The vicuña, a wild relative of the llama, stands for the animal kingdom.
- Legend says the red-and-white came from flocks of flamingos.
- Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca city, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
- It was the heart of the Inca Empire, the largest on the continent before the Europeans arrived.