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According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments (departamentos) but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.
Peru's territory, according to the Regionalization Law, which was passed on November 18, 2002, is divided into 26 units: 25 regions (regiones; singular: región) and the Lima Province. The regions are subdivided into provinces (provincias), which are composed of districts (distritos). There are 196 provinces and 1,869 districts in Peru. [2]
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Regional Governments, in the Government of Peru, is a government organization which organizes, conducts, and manages, each of the twenty-five regions of Peru. [1] It has political, economic, and administrative autonomy in the subjects of its matter. The Constitution of Peru first mandated the establishment of regional governments in 1979. [2]
The provinces of Peru (Spanish: provincias) are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts (Spanish: distritos ). There are 196 provinces in Peru , grouped into 25 regions , except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region.
This is a list of regions of Peru by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022. [1] Rank Region (Department) HDI (2022) Very high human development 1
Las regiones geográficas del Perú, clasificación y teorías diversas [The Geographical Regions of Peru: Classification and Diverse Theories] (in Spanish). Benavides Estrada, Juan (1999). Geografía del Perú 2do año de Secuandaria [Geography of Peru for 2nd Grade of Secondary School] (in Spanish). Escuela Nueva.
When the Spanish arrived, they divided Peru into three main regions: the coastal region (11.6% of Peru), that is bounded by the Pacific Ocean; the highlands (28.1% of Peru), that is located on the Andean Heights, and the jungle, that is located on the Amazonian Jungle (Climate of Peru).