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Andean Community
Sign in to saveIntegration organization of the Andean region of South America, formed by Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Key facts
- Seat of secretariat
- Lima , Peru
- Largest city
- Lima , Peru
- Official languages
- Spanish Quechua Aymara and 34 other indigenous languages
- Type
- Trade bloc
- Member states
- 4 full members 5 associates 4 observers
- Secretary general
- Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel
- Total
- 3,781,914 km (1,460,205 sq mi) ( 7th )
- 2010 estimate
- 101,119,783 ( 12th )
- Gdp ppp
- 2017 estimate
- Per capita
- $8,928.62
- Hdi 2017
- 0.781, high
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Encyclopedic overview
The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, CAN) is an international organization in South America. It consists of the member states Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and aims at the economic, political and social integration of these states.
CAN is also a free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American countries. The organization was called the Andean Pact (Pacto Andino) until 1996 and came into existence when the Cartagena Agreement was signed in 1969. Since the reform by the Trujillo Protocol of 1997 it called Comunidad Andina de Naciones. Its headquarters are in Lima, Peru.
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