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3-583: The Chincha Province is one of five provinces of the Ica Region of Peru . The capital of the province is the city of Chincha Alta , a center where the culture of the Black Peruvians developed. It is characterized by its schools and fabric textiles. The Chincha Province is divided into eleven districts ( Spanish : distritos , singular: distrito ), each of which is headed by a mayor ( alcalde ): This Ica Region geography article
6-693: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Peru Supreme Court of the Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela [ es ] The provinces of Peru ( Spanish : provincias ) are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts (Spanish: distritos ). There are 196 provinces in Peru , 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
9-478: The fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rainforest 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
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