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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.
Pages in category "Regions of Peru" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 following is a list of the regions of Peru ordered by population from Census 2007 and estimated population of INEI. [1] List of Regions of Peru by population: Rank:
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 provinces per region.
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]
Puno (Spanish pronunciation:) is a department and region in southeastern Peru.It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto.It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco and Arequipa on the west, Moquegua on the southwest, and Tacna on the south.
Peru is a megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. [10]