The provinces of Peru () are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into
districts ( es, distritos, links=no). There are 196 provinces in
Peru
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, grouped into 25
regions, except for
Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with the fewest provinces is
Callao (one) and the region with the most is
Ancash (twenty).
While provinces in the sparsely populated
Amazon rain forest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is
Purús Province, with just one district. The province with the most districts is
Lima Province, with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province is eight; a total of 29 provinces share this number of districts.
Provinces table
The table below shows all provinces with their capitals and the region in which they are located. The UBIGEO code uniquely identifies each province. Capitals in bold are also a regional capital. Provinces in which the region's capital is located all have an UBIGEO code ending in
01.
By population
See also
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Administrative divisions of Peru
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Regions of Peru
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Districts of Peru
The districts of Peru () are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.
Overview
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Municipalities of Peru
{{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries
Subdivisions of Peru
Peru, Provinces
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