The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima ( es, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima) is the local government entity of the
Lima Province
Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima, which is also the nation's capital.
Despite its small area, this province is the ...
and
Lima District
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and ...
. It is the only provincial municipality of special regime with faculties of regional government. It is established according to the 2002 ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'' (') and the 2003 ''Organic Law of Municipalities'' (').
Organization
The organs of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima are:
* the Council (');
* the
Mayor of Lima ('); and
* the Metropolitan Assembly (').
The Council consists of the Mayor and five aldermen, according to the ''Municipal Elections Law'' ('). The Metropolitan Assembly is an advisory and coordinating body.
[Article 162 of the Organic Law of Municipalities]
Function and powers
According to Article 154 of, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima exerts jurisdiction, in matters within its competence, on the
districts of Lima
The province of Lima is divided into forty-three districts of Lima ( es, distritos) which are administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima The urban area of Lima is generally considered to be formed by thirty of these districts. The re ...
.
References
*
Ley Orgánica de Municipalidades' (Organic Law of Municipalities), ''Ley Nº 27972'', published in ''
El Peruano
''Diario Oficial El Peruano'' (''The Peruvian Official Newspaper'') is the official daily newspaper of Peru. The paper was founded on 22 October 1825 by Simón Bolívar although it changed names between the following decades and it was not publi ...
'' on 27 May 2003.
External links
Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
{{Lima
Lima Province