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Map of the Peruvian provinces. 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 makes an average of seven ...
There are 196 provinces and 1,869 districts in Peru. [2] The Lima Province, located in the central coast of the country, is unique in that it does not belong to any of the twenty-five regions. (The city of Lima, which is the nation's capital, is located in this province.) Callao is also its own region, containing only one province, the ...
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 province templates (25 P) Pages in category "Provinces of Peru" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
24 departments, 1 constitutional province and 1 special regime province (25 regional governments and 1 Metropolitan Municipality) Second level 196 provinces (Provincial municipalities) Third level 1874 districts (District municipalities) Fourth level Populated centers of Peru
Districts of Peru. The districts of Peru (Spanish: distritos) are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total. [1]
80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) [citation needed] Ivory Coast: Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) 31 regions (régions) 108 departments (départements) 1 unincorporated area 510 sub-prefectures (sous ...
The National Geographic Institute realizes the necessary changes in the official maps of Peru. [ 7 ] Contrarily to intentions to replace indigenous toponyms by other names like Santa Cruz or Contrahierbas , the Ministry of Culture proposes to the municipalities of the provinces to recover ancient indigenous toponyms and that these names should ...