Regions o Peru

The regions (Spainyie: regiones) o Peru are the first-level admeenistrative subdiveesions o Peru. Syne its 1821 unthirldom, Peru haed been dividit intae depairtments (Spainyie: departamentos) but facit the problem o an increasin centralization o poleetical an economic pouer in its caipital, Lima. Efter several unsuccessful decentralization attempts, the legal figur o region became offeecial an regional govrenments wur electit tae manage the depairtments on 20 November 2002 till their planned fusion intae real regions.

Unner the new arrangement, the umwhile 24 depairtments plus the Callao Province haes become regional circumscriptions. The province o Lima haes been excludit frae this process an does no form pairt o ony region. Unlike the earlier depairtments, regions hae an electit govrenment an hae a wide array o responsibilities athin their jurisdiction. Unner the 2002 Organic Law o Regional Govrenments (Spainyie: Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales), thare is an ongoin process o transfer o functions frae the central govrenment tae the regions. A 2005 referendum for the merger o several depairtments failed tae get the necessary electoral support.

Peruvian regions an depairtments are subdividit in provinces an diestricts.

Regions [edit]

Aurie an population information on the follaein leet haes been retrievit frae offeecial data bi the Peruvian Naitional Institute o Statistics an Informatics (Spainyie: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, INEI).^[1] Auries are roondit tae the nearest whole unit. Demographic data is based on the 2005 Census carriet oot frae 18 Julie through 20 August 2005. Population densitie is given tae ane decimal place in persons per square kilometer. UBIGEO numbers are codes uised bi INEI tae identifee naitional admeenistrative subdiveesions.

Depairtment	ISO	UBIGEO	Caipital	Aurie (km²)	Population	Population density (/km²)
Amazonas	PE-AMA	01	Chachapoyas	Template:Number table sorting/positive39,249	Template:Number table sorting/positive389,700	Template:Number table sorting/positive9.9
Ancash	PE-ANC	02	Huaraz	Template:Number table sorting/positive35,914	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,039,415	Template:Number table sorting/positive28.9
Apurímac	PE-APU	03	Abancay	Template:Number table sorting/positive20,896	Template:Number table sorting/positive418,882	Template:Number table sorting/positive20.0
Arequipa	PE-ARE	04	Arequipa	Template:Number table sorting/positive63,345	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,140,810	Template:Number table sorting/positive18.0
Ayacucho	PE-AYA	05	Ayacucho	Template:Number table sorting/positive43,815	Template:Number table sorting/positive619,338	Template:Number table sorting/positive14.1
Cajamarca	PE-CAJ	06	Cajamarca	Template:Number table sorting/positive33,318	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,359,023	Template:Number table sorting/positive40.8
Callao	PE-CAL	07	Callao (Bellavista District)	Template:Number table sorting/positive147	Template:Number table sorting/positive810,568	Template:Number table sorting/positive5,514.8
Cuzco	PE-CUS	08	Cuzco	Template:Number table sorting/positive71,986	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,171,503	Template:Number table sorting/positive16.3
Huancavelica	PE-HUV	09	Huancavelica	Template:Number table sorting/positive22,131	Template:Number table sorting/positive447,054	Template:Number table sorting/positive20.2
Huánuco	PE-HUC	10	Huánuco	Template:Number table sorting/positive36,849	Template:Number table sorting/positive730,871	Template:Number table sorting/positive19.8
Ica	PE-ICA	11	Ica	Template:Number table sorting/positive21,328	Template:Number table sorting/positive665,592	Template:Number table sorting/positive31.2
Junín	PE-JUN	12	Huancayo	Template:Number table sorting/positive37,667	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,091,619	Template:Number table sorting/positive29.0
La Libertad	PE-LAL	13	Trujillo	Template:Number table sorting/positive25,500	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,539,774	Template:Number table sorting/positive60.4
Lambayeque	PE-LAM	14	Chiclayo	Template:Number table sorting/positive14,231	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,091,535	Template:Number table sorting/positive76.7
Lima	PE-LIM	15	Huacho	Template:Number table sorting/positive34,802	Template:Number table sorting/positive864,853	Template:Number table sorting/positive223.2
Loreto	PE-LOR	16	Iquitos	Template:Number table sorting/positive368,852	Template:Number table sorting/positive884,144	Template:Number table sorting/positive2.4
Madre de Dios	PE-MDD	17	Puerto Maldonado	Template:Number table sorting/positive85,301	Template:Number table sorting/positive92,024	Template:Number table sorting/positive1.1
Moquegua	PE-MOQ	18	Moquegua	Template:Number table sorting/positive15,734	Template:Number table sorting/positive159,306	Template:Number table sorting/positive10.1
Pasco	PE-PAS	19	Cerro de Pasco	Template:Number table sorting/positive25,320	Template:Number table sorting/positive266,764	Template:Number table sorting/positive10.5
Piura	PE-PIU	20	Piura	Template:Number table sorting/positive35,892	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,630,772	Template:Number table sorting/positive45.4
Puno	PE-PUN	21	Puno	Template:Number table sorting/positive66,997	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,245,508	Template:Number table sorting/positive18.6
San Martín	PE-SAM	22	Moyobamba	Template:Number table sorting/positive51,253	Template:Number table sorting/positive669,973	Template:Number table sorting/positive13.1
Tacna	PE-TAC	23	Tacna	Template:Number table sorting/positive16,076	Template:Number table sorting/positive274,496	Template:Number table sorting/positive17.1
Tumbes	PE-TUM	24	Tumbes	Template:Number table sorting/positive4,046	Template:Number table sorting/positive191,713	Template:Number table sorting/positive47.4
Ucayali	PE-UCA	25	Pucallpa	Template:Number table sorting/positive101,831	Template:Number table sorting/positive402,445	Template:Number table sorting/positive4.0