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|caption      = Peru: World Factbook, 2009<ref>"Peru," ''CIA World Factbook''. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html (accessed 7 August 2009).</ref>
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|caption      = Peru: World Factbook, 2009<ref name="cia">"Peru," ''CIA World Factbook''. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html (accessed 7 August 2009).</ref>
 
|Row 1 title  = Area
 
|Row 1 title  = Area
 
|Row 1 info  = 1,285,216 sq km
 
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|Row 4 info  = Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
 
|Row 4 info  = Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
 
|Row 5 title  = Ethnicity
 
|Row 5 title  = Ethnicity
|Row 5 info  = Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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|Row 5 info  = Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%<ref name="cia" />
 
|Row 6 title  = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]]
 
|Row 6 title  = Groups Associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]]
|Row 6 info  = 2 (2006)
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|Row 6 info  = 2 (2006)<ref name="menno">"2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 23 December 2009).</ref>
 
|Row 7 title  = Membership in [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated Churches
 
|Row 7 title  = Membership in [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] Affiliated Churches
|Row 7 info  = 937 (2006)
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|Row 7 info  = 937 (2006)<ref name="menno" />
 
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'''Peru''' is a country in [[Caribbean, Central and South America|South America]] with a population of 29,546,963 (July 2009 estimate).<ref>Ibid.</ref>  It shares borders with [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], and [[Ecuador]]. In 2006 there were four organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]] (MWC) with 3,827 total members.<ref>"2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 5 August 2009).</ref>
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'''Peru''' is a country in [[Caribbean, Central and South America|South America]] with a population of 29,546,963 (July 2009 estimate).<ref name="cia" />  It shares borders with [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], and [[Ecuador]]. In 2006 there were two organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference]] (MWC) with 937 total members.<ref name="menno" />
 
 
 
Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the [[Caribbean, Central and South America]].
 
Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the [[Caribbean, Central and South America]].
  
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==Anabaptist-Related Groups==
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== Anabaptist-Related Groups ==
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In 2006 there were two Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] in Haiti, as well as other independent or unaffiliated groups:
 
In 2006 there were two Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with [[Mennonite World Conference|MWC]] in Haiti, as well as other independent or unaffiliated groups:
  
* [[Convención Peruana Hermanos Menonitas, Peru|Convención Peruana Hermanos Menonitas]]
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*[[Convención Peruana Hermanos Menonitas, Peru|Convención Peruana Hermanos Menonitas]]
* [[Iglesia Evangélica Menonita del Perú]]
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*[[Iglesia Evangélica Menonita del Perú]]
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*[[Iglesia Evangélica de los Hermanos Menonitas del Perú]]
  
 
==Annotated Bibliography==
 
==Annotated Bibliography==
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P480.html/?searchterm=peru Peru] ''on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online''.
  
 
==Citations==
 
==Citations==
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[[Category:Peru Sources]]

Latest revision as of 15:32, 3 October 2016

Peru
Pe-map.gif
Peru: World Factbook, 2009[1]

Area

1,285,216 sq km

Population

29,546,963 (July 2009)

Languages

Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages

Religions

Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)

Ethnicity

Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%[1]

Groups Associated with MWC

2 (2006)[2]

Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches

937 (2006)[2]

Peru is a country in South America with a population of 29,546,963 (July 2009 estimate).[1] It shares borders with Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. In 2006 there were two organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with 937 total members.[2] Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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Anabaptist-Related Groups

In 2006 there were two Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with MWC in Haiti, as well as other independent or unaffiliated groups:

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

Peru on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Peru," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html (accessed 7 August 2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 23 December 2009).