Editing Andean Community (section)

{{Short description|South American free-trade agreement}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox Geopolitical organization
| native_name            = {{lang|es|Comunidad Andina}}
| linking_name           = the Andean Community
| image_flag             = Flag of the Andean Community of Nations.svg
| symbol_width           = <!--250px-->
| image_map              = Andean Community (orthographic projection).svg
| map_width              = 210px
| map_caption            = 
| motto                  = {{native phrase|es|"Ésta es mi tierra, ésta es mi casa"|italics=off|nolink=on}}<br/>"This is my homeland, this is my home"
| official_languages     = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>a</sup>
  | [[Quechua languages|Quechua]]
  | [[Aymara language|Aymara]]
  | and 34 other indigenous languages
 }}
| org_type               = [[Trade bloc]]
| membership_type        = Member states
| membership             = {{unbulleted list |4 full members |5 associates |4 observers}}
| largest_settlement_type = city
| admin_center_type      = Seat of Secretariat
| admin_center           = {{nowrap| [[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
| area_rank              = 7th
| area_magnitude         = 
| area_km2               = 3,781,914
| area_sq_mi             = 
| population_estimate    = 101,119,783<sup>b</sup>
| population_estimate_rank = 12th
| population_estimate_year = 2010
| GDP_PPP                = {{nowrap|$902.86 billion<!--
 ----Ecuador:---><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=32&pr1.y=4&c=248&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Ecuador |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=2011-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504023146/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=32&pr1.y=4&c=248&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |archive-date=4 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><!--
 ----Bolivia:---><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=218&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=42&pr.y=7 |title=Bolivia |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504030827/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=218&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=42&pr.y=7 |archive-date=4 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><!--
 ----Colombia:---><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=100&pr.y=7&sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=233&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Colombia |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=2011-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514051916/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=100&pr.y=7&sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=233&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><!--
 ----Peru:---><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=293&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=35&pr.y=6 |title=Peru |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=2011-05-06}}</ref><!--
 --(end nowrap:)-->}}
| GDP_PPP_per_capita     = $8,928.62
| GDP_PPP_rank           = 9th
| established_event1     = {{nowrap|as the Andean Pact}}
| established_date1      = 1969
| established_event2     = as the CAN
| established_date2      = 1996
| leader_title1          = {{nowrap|Secretary General}}
| leader_name1           = Jorge Hernando Pedraza
| official_website       = http://www.comunidadandina.org/
| footnote_a             = Also the Community's [[working language]].
| footnote_b             = Combined member states' census estimates.
| demonym                = 
| GDP_PPP_year           = 2017
| HDI                    = 0.781
| HDI_year               = 2017
| today                  = 
| conventional_long_name = Andean Community
| largest_city           = {{nowrap| [[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
| GDP_nominal            = 
}}

The '''Andean Community''' ({{langx|es|Comunidad Andina}}, CAN) is a free trade area with the objective of creating a [[customs union]] comprising the [[South America]]n 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 approximately 3,800,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Its [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] has gone up to US$745.300 billion in 2005, including Venezuela, which was a member at the time. Its estimated [[Purchasing power parity|PPP]] of GDP for 2011 amounts to US$902.86 billion, excluding Venezuela.