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Guide to '''Peru ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Peru ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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In other languages: EspañolGuide to Peru ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Country Information[edit | edit source]
Peru is a country in South America bordered by Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official languages are Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara.[1]
Peru Map[edit | edit source]
Departments[edit | edit source]
Peru is currently divided into 25 departments. The Peruvian departments are sub-divided into provinces, and the provinces are sub-divided into districts.
- Amazonas
- Ancash
- Apurímac
- Arequipa
- Ayacucho
- Cajamarca
- Callao
- Cusco
- Huancavelica
- Huánuco
- Ica
- Junín
- La Libertad
- Lambayeque
- Lima
- Lima Province
- Loreto
- Madre de Dios
- Moquegua
- Pasco
- Piura
- Puno
- San Martín
- Tacna
- Tumbes
- Ucayali
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Peru," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru, accessed 28 March 2016.