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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.
Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.
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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]
Krakatoa. A violent eruption in August 1883 resulted in the obliteration of the three-peaked volcanic island. Anak Krakatoa. It emerged from the sea in 1927–1930; Mount Merapi in Central Java. It is listed as a Decade Volcano. Mount Tambora in the island of Sumbawa. Its catastrophic eruption in 1815 caused a Year Without a Summer in 1816.
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: