Andean Community

Andean Community Comunidad Andina
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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.