Andean Community
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| Andean Community
Comunidad Andina (Spanish)
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| Motto: "Ésta es mi tierra, ésta es mi casa" (Spanish) "This is my homeland, this is my house" | ||||
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| Seat of Secretariat |  Lima, Peru | |||
| Largest cities | Bogotá | |||
| Official languages | ||||
| Type | Trade bloc | |||
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| Leaders | ||||
| • | Secretary General |  Walker San Miguel | ||
| Establishment | ||||
| • | as the Andean Pact | 1969 | ||
| • | as the CAN | 1996 | ||
| Population | ||||
| • | 2010 estimate | 101,119,783b (12th) | ||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | |||
| • | Total | $902.86 billion[1][2][3][4](16th) | ||
| • | Per capita | $8,928.62 | ||
| Website http://www.comunidadandina.org/ | ||||
| a. | Also the Community's working language. | |||
| b. | Combined member states' census estimates. | |||
| Union of South American Nations |
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The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a customs union comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence when the Cartagena Agreement was signed in 1969. Its headquarters are in Lima, Peru.
The Andean Community has 98 million inhabitants living in an area of 4,700,000 square kilometers, whose Gross Domestic Product amounted to US$745.3 billion in 2005, including Venezuela, who was a member at that time. Its estimated GDP PPP for 2011 amounts to US$902.86 billion, excluding Venezuela.
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