Territorial change of Peru (Republic of Peru)

“Peru”(Republic of Peru) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1822 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1822 – 1824, at ≈ 1.47 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1822 – 1824 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1824: number 148 of 12.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Bolivia — 92 frames
• Ecuador — 89 frames
• Colombia — 73 frames
• Chile — 67 frames
• Brazil — 35 frames
• Empire of Brazil — 30 frames
• Brazil — 12 frames
• Crown of Castile — 11 frames
• Brazil — 10 frames
• Republic of New Granada — 9 frames
• Brazil — 7 frames
• Gran Colombia — 5 frames
• Granadine Confederation — 4 frames
• United States of Colombia — 3 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 3 by area.

Wikipedia summary

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the southeast by Bolivia, to the south by Chile, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.

Wikipedia (English) “Peru”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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