nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 361.4 (2007), 391.8 (2006), 395.6 (2005), 396.21 (2004), 435.9 (2003) note: the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
2.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Area
1,285,216 km sq
2,235 km sq
Coastline
2,414 km
340 km
Climate
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
