The Chiclayo Province is one of three

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of the

Lambayeque Region Lambayeque () is a department and region in northwestern Peru known for its rich Moche and Chimú historical past. The region's name originates from the ancient pre-Inca civilization of the '' Lambayeque''. It is the second-smallest departmen ...

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Boundaries

*North

Lambayeque Province The Lambayeque Province is the largest of three provinces in Peru's Lambayeque Region. Boundaries *North, Northwest and West: Piura Region *Southeast Ferreñafe Province and Chiclayo Province *Southwest Pacific Ocean Political Division The ...

Ferreñafe Province The Ferreñafe Province is the smallest of three provinces of the Lambayeque Region in Peru. Boundaries * ''North'': Piura Region * ''East'': Cajamarca Region * ''South'': Chiclayo Province * ''West'': Lambayeque Province Political division ...

*East

Cajamarca Region Cajamarca (; qu, Kashamarka; ay, Qajamarka) is a department and region in Peru. The capital is the city of Cajamarca. It is located in the north part of the country and shares a border with Ecuador. The city has an elevation of above sea le ...

*South

La Libertad Region La Libertad (; in English: ''The Liberty'') is a region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad ('). It is bordered by the Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Amazonas regions on the north, the San Martín Region on t ...

*West

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Political Division

The province is divided into twenty

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, which are. *

Chiclayo Chiclayo (; qu, Chiklayu) is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific coast and from the nation's capital, Lima. Founded by Spanish explorers as "Santa María de los Valles de Chiclay ...

* Chongoyape * Etén * Etén Puerto * José Leonardo Ortíz * La Victoria * Lagunas *

Monsefú Monsefú is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the Monsefú district in the Chiclayo Province that is part of the Lambayeque Region. It is renowned for its food and handicrafts, which are on display at the annual FEXTICUM festival, named in 1973 ...

* Nueva Arica * Oyotún * Picsi * Pimentel * Reque *

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* Saña * Cayalti * Patapo * Pomalca * Pucalá * Tumán

Population

The province has an estimated province of 729,433 inhabitants.

Capital

The capital of this province is the city of

which is the fourth largest in

Relief

The terrain of the province is mainly flat, with smooth slopes which elevate from west to east. Here is distinguished slight undulations and uneven elevations formed by continuous alluvial actions, of nature or of man. The cultive lands have been object of an intense work of leveling to facilitate the irrigation.

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