Regions o Peru

Clickable map of the regions of Peru

The regions (Spaingie: regiones) o Peru are the first-level admeenistrative subdiveesions o Peru. Syne its 1821 unthirldom, Peru haed been dividit intae depairtments (Spaingie: 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 thair planned fusion intae real regions.

Unner the new arrangement, the umwhile 24 depairtments plus the Callao Province haes acome regional circumscriptions. The province o Lima haes been excludit frae this process an daes no form pairt o ony region. Unlik the earlier depairtments, regions hae an electit govrenment an hae a wide array o responsibilities athin thair jurisdiction. Unner the 2002 Organic Law o Regional Govrenments (Spaingie: 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

Aurie an population information on the follaein leet haes been retrievit frae offeecial data bi the Peruvian Naitional Institute o Statistics an Informatics (Spaingie: 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 throu 20 August 2005. Population densitie is gien tae ane decimal place in persons per square kilometer. UBIGEO nummers 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	7004392490000000000♠39,249	7005389700000000000♠389,700	7000990000000000000♠9.9
Ancash	PE-ANC	02	Huaraz	7004359140000000000♠35,914	7006103941500000000♠1,039,415	7001289000000000000♠28.9
Apurímac	PE-APU	03	Abancay	7004208960000000000♠20,896	7005418882000000000♠418,882	7001200000000000000♠20.0
Arequipa	PE-ARE	04	Arequipa	7004633450000000000♠63,345	7006114081000000000♠1,140,810	7001180000000000000♠18.0
Ayacucho	PE-AYA	05	Ayacucho	7004438150000000000♠43,815	7005619338000000000♠619,338	7001141000000000000♠14.1
Cajamarca	PE-CAJ	06	Cajamarca	7004333180000000000♠33,318	7006135902300000000♠1,359,023	7001408009999900000♠40.8
Callao	PE-CAL	07	Callao (Bellavista District)	7002147000000000000♠147	7005810568000000000♠810,568	7003551480000000000♠5,514.8
Cuzco	PE-CUS	08	Cuzco	7004719860000000000♠71,986	7006117150300000000♠1,171,503	7001163000000000000♠16.3
Huancavelica	PE-HUV	09	Huancavelica	7004221310000000000♠22,131	7005447054000000000♠447,054	7001202000000000000♠20.2
Huánuco	PE-HUC	10	Huánuco	7004368490000000000♠36,849	7005730871000000000♠730,871	7001198000000000000♠19.8
Ica	PE-ICA	11	Ica	7004213280000000000♠21,328	7005665592000000000♠665,592	7001312000000000000♠31.2
Junín	PE-JUN	12	Huancayo	7004376670000000000♠37,667	7006109161900000000♠1,091,619	7001290000000000000♠29.0
La Libertad	PE-LAL	13	Trujillo	7004255000000000000♠25,500	7006153977400000000♠1,539,774	7001604000000000000♠60.4
Lambayeque	PE-LAM	14	Chiclayo	7004142310000000000♠14,231	7006109153500000000♠1,091,535	7001767000000000000♠76.7
Lima	PE-LIM	15	Huacho	7004348020000000000♠34,802	7005864853000000000♠864,853	7002223200000000000♠223.2
Loreto	PE-LOR	16	Iquitos	7005368852000000000♠368,852	7005884144000000000♠884,144	7000240000000000000♠2.4
Madre de Dios	PE-MDD	17	Puerto Maldonado	7004853010000000000♠85,301	7004920240000000000♠92,024	7000110000000000000♠1.1
Moquegua	PE-MOQ	18	Moquegua	7004157340000000000♠15,734	7005159306000000000♠159,306	7001101000000000000♠10.1
Pasco	PE-PAS	19	Cerro de Pasco	7004253200000000000♠25,320	7005266764000000000♠266,764	7001105000000000000♠10.5
Piura	PE-PIU	20	Piura	7004358920000000000♠35,892	7006163077200000000♠1,630,772	7001454000000000000♠45.4
Puno	PE-PUN	21	Puno	7004669970000000000♠66,997	7006124550800000000♠1,245,508	7001186000000000000♠18.6
San Martín	PE-SAM	22	Moyobamba	7004512530000000000♠51,253	7005669973000000000♠669,973	7001131000000000000♠13.1
Tacna	PE-TAC	23	Tacna	7004160760000000000♠16,076	7005274496000000000♠274,496	7001171000000000000♠17.1
Tumbes	PE-TUM	24	Tumbes	7003404600000000000♠4,046	7005191713000000000♠191,713	7001474000000000000♠47.4
Ucayali	PE-UCA	25	Pucallpa	7005101831000000000♠101,831	7005402445000000000♠402,445	7000400000000000000♠4.0

Notes

↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on November 30, 2007.

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[1] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on November 30, 2007.

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