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Similar to the postal codes of Mexico, Brazil, Australia, the United States, and elsewhere, postal codes in Peru are strictly numerical, using only numbers. The first two digits of the postal code identify the administrative region or department , whereas the final two digits represents a specific district or location within a district.
Area and population information on the following list has been retrieved from official data by the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, INEI). [2] Demographic data is based on the 2005 Census, carried out from 18 July through 20 August 2005. Population density is ...
The Regional Government of Lima (Spanish: Gobierno Regional de Lima; GORE Lima) is the regional government that represents the Department of Lima.It is the body with legal identity in public law and its own assets, which is in charge of the administration of nine provinces of the department (without the province of Lima), on the central coast of Peru.
Lince is a district of Lima Province in Peru. It is part of the city of Lima. Officially established as a district on May 29, 1936, the current mayor of Lince is Vicente Amable Escalante. The district's postal code is 14. Until 1936, when it was made into a separate district, Lince was attached to Miraflores and San Isidro district.
San Isidro is an upscale district of the Lima Province in Peru.It is located in the west center of the city, it has a few meters of coastline. Officially created on April 24, 1931, [2] San Isidro, along with Orrantia and Country Club neighbourhoods, was separated from Miraflores.
Because of its location on the country's central coast, Lima is an important junction in Peru's highway system. Three major highways originate in Lima. The Northern Panamerican Highway extends more than 1,330 kilometers (830 mi) to the border with Ecuador connecting the northern districts with many major cities along the northern Peruvian coast.
La Victoria is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in Peru. It borders to the north and northeast with the district of Lima, to the east with the district of San Luis, to the southeast with the district of San Borja, to the south with the district of San Isidro, and to the west with the district of Lince and again with the Lima district.
The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time since the nation gained independence from Spain in the early 19th century. The old territorial subdivisions have split or merged due to several reasons, the most common ones being the need for decentralization and population increase, especially in Lima .