Peru
Peru is a city in, and the county seat of, Miami County, Indiana, United States. It is 73 miles north of Indianapolis. The population was 11,073 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous community in Miami County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,700 residents
- Description: city in Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “Miamisport”, “Peru, IN”, and “Peru, Indiana”
- Postal code: 46970
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peru High School.
Peru High School
School
Photo: Tysto, Public domain.
Peru High School, also known as "PHS", is a high school located in Peru, Indiana, United States, serving students in grades 9–12 for Peru Community Schools since 1972.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Peru and Wells.
South Peru
Hamlet
South Peru is a neighborhood within Peru, Indiana in Washington Township, Miami County.
Wells
Hamlet
Wells is an unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Wells is situated 2½ miles southwest of Peru.
Peru
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Miami County, Northern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.7537° or 40° 45′ 13″ northLongitude
-86.069° or 86° 4′ 9″ westPopulation
12,700Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)IATA airport code
GUSOpen location code
86GMQW3J+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 153372941OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Peru” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرو”
- Asturian: “Peru”
- Basque: “Peru”
- Bulgarian: “Перу”
- Catalan: “Peru”
- Cebuano: “Peru”
- Chechen: “Перу”
- Chinese: “Peru”
- Chinese: “珀魯”
- Chinese: “秘魯”
- Chinese: “秘鲁”
- Danish: “Peru”
- Dutch: “Peru”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيرو”
- Esperanto: “Peru”
- French: “Peru”
- German: “Peru”
- Gilaki: “پرۊ”
- Haitian: “Peru, Indiana”
- Haitian: “Peru”
- Hebrew: “פרו”
- Hindi: “पेरु, इंडियाना”
- Hindi: “पेरु”
- Hungarian: “Peru”
- Ido: “Peru, Indiana”
- Ido: “Peru”
- Irish: “Peru”
- Italian: “Peru”
- Japanese: “インディアナ （ペルー）”
- Japanese: “ペルー”
- Ladin: “Peru”
- Malagasy: “Peru, Indiana”
- Malagasy: “Peru”
- Mazanderani: “پرو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Peru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peru”
- Norwegian: “Peru”
- Persian: “پرو، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “پرو”
- Polish: “Peru”
- Portuguese: “Peru”
- Russian: “Перу”
- Serbian: “Peru”
- Serbian: “Перу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Peru, Indiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Peru”
- South Azerbaijani: “پرو، ایندیانا”
- Spanish: “Peru (Indiana)”
- Spanish: “Peru”
- Swedish: “Peru, Indiana”
- Swedish: “Peru”
- Tatar: “Перу (Индиана)”
- Tatar: “Перу”
- Turkish: “Peru, Indiana”
- Turkish: “Peru”
- Ukrainian: “Перу”
- Urdu: “پیرو، انڈیانا”
- Urdu: “پیرو”
- Uzbek: “Peru”
- Volapük: “Peru”
- Waray (Philippines): “Peru, Indiana”
- Waray (Philippines): “Peru”
- Welsh: “Peru, Indiana”
- Welsh: “Peru”
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