Motto: "Ésta es mi tierra, ésta es mi casa"(Spanish) "This is my homeland, this is my home"
Seat of Secretariat
Lima, Peru
Largest city
Bogota, Colombia
Official languages
Spanisha
Quechua
Aymara
and 34 other indigenous languages
Type
Trade bloc
Member states
4 full members
5 associates
4 observers
Leaders
• Secretary General
Jorge Hernando Pedraza
Establishment
• as the Andean Pact
1969
• as the CAN
1996
Area
• Total
1,470,702 sq mi (3,809,100 km2) (7th)
Population
• 2010 estimate
101,119,783b (12th)
GDP (PPP)
2017 estimate
• Total
$902.86 billion[1][2][3][4] (9th)
• Per capita
$8,928.62
HDI (2017)
0.781 high
Website http://www.comunidadandina.org/
Also the Community's working language.
Combined member states' census estimates.
The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American countries (Andean states) 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 113 million inhabitants over an area of 4,700,000 km2. Its GDP has gone up to US$745.300 billion in 2005, including Venezuela, which was a member at the time. Its estimated PPP of GDP for 2011 amounts to US$902.86 billion, excluding Venezuela.
^"Ecuador". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^"Bolivia". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^"Colombia". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^"Peru". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
The AndeanCommunity (Spanish: Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American...
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several regional trade blocs and is one of the founding members of the AndeanCommunity of Nations. It is also a member of international organizations such...
nations of the AndeanCommunity and Mercosur, as well as several Central American nations. Alternatively, a document called an Andean Migration Card can...
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"passport". Venezuela had issued Andean passports, but has subsequently left the AndeanCommunity, so they will no longer issue Andean passports. The Union of...
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AndeanCommunity and Mercosur members nations, and several Centro America nations. They are also given a document called an Andean Card at any Andean...
The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...
The Andean passport is a passport for South American countries that are members of the AndeanCommunity of Nations (ACN). The Andean passport was created...
including the UN, the WTO, the OECD, the OAS, the Pacific Alliance and the AndeanCommunity; it is also a NATO Global Partner and a major non-NATO ally of the...
colonial period, and continue to exist to the present day – such as the Andeancommunity Ocra. Membership gave individual families more variation and security...
to other regions in the 2000s. The complete integration between the AndeanCommunity and the Mercosur nations was formalized during the meeting of South...
situated within the Amazon basin. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With an area of 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi), Bolivia is...
membership by the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in an enlarged session with the commission (of the AndeanCommunity) on 7 July 2005. This...
pacts signed by the mainland state. African Economic Community (AEC) - proposed for 2023 AndeanCommunity (CAN) Arab Customs Union and Common Market - proposed...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organisation that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states...
The history of human habitation in the Andean region of South America stretches from circa 15,000 BCE to the present day. Stretching for 7,000 km (4,300 mi)...
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in 1948, by the countries of the European Economic Community in 1958, and by the Economic Community of Central African States in 1964. At that time, the...
with the creation of uniquely South American institutions such as the AndeanCommunity, Mercosur and Unasur. Starting with the election of Hugo Chávez in...
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and forums of the representatives of business communities and authorities from the EAEU and AndeanCommunity member states. In December 2018, the Argentine...
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a single ASEAN community were established: Political-Security Community (APSC), Economic Community (AEC) and Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). To fully...
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