Peru

Peru is a town in in the U.S. state of . The population was 6,772 at the 2020 census. The town was so named for its views of the to the west and the farmlands throughout the town, resembling scenery found in the country of in .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,590 residents
  • Description: town in New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Peru (Nueva York)”, “Peru, New York”, and “Peru, NY”
  • Postal code: 12972

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schuyler Falls and Keeseville.

Village
is a town in , , United States. is situated 4 miles northwest of Peru.

Village
Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet in and counties, , United States. is situated 6 miles southeast of Peru.

Peru

Latitude
44.57849° or 44° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
-73.52703° or 73° 31′ 37″ west
Population
1,590
Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US PGU
Open location code
87P8HFHF+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158819541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5131009
Wiki­data ID
Q170254
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Peru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيرو”
  • Asturian: “Peru”
  • Basque: “Peru”
  • Catalan: “Peru”
  • Cebuano: “Peru”
  • Chechen: “Перу”
  • Chinese: “秘鲁”
  • Czech: “Peru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيرو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پيرو، نيو يورك”
  • Finnish: “Peru”
  • French: “Peru”
  • German: “Peru”
  • Haitian: “Peru, New York”
  • Haitian: “Peru”
  • Hebrew: “פרו”
  • Hungarian: “Peru”
  • Italian: “Peru”
  • Japanese: “ペルー”
  • Mazanderani: “پرو (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “پرو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peru”
  • Norwegian: “Peru”
  • Polish: “Peru”
  • Russian: “Перу”
  • Serbian: “Перу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peru, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peru”
  • Spanish: “Peru”
  • Tatar: “Перу”
  • Turkish: “Peru”
  • Ukrainian: “Перу”
  • Urdu: “پیرو، نیو یارک”
  • Uzbek: “Peru”
  • Welsh: “Peru”

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