3-655: Piura is a province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru . Its capital, the city of Piura , is also the regional capital. The province is the most populous in the region as well as its center of economic activity. The Piura Province is divided into ten districts ( Spanish : distritos , singular: distrito ), each of which is headed by a mayor ( alcalde ). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are: 5°11′36″S 80°37′59″W / 5.19333°S 80.63306°W / -5.19333; -80.63306 Provinces of Peru Supreme Court of
6-590: 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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