Provinces of Peru


The provinces of Peru are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts. There are 196 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 regions except for the 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 and the region with the most is Ancash.
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.
ProvinceRegionCapitalDistrictsUBIGEO
ChachapoyasAmazonasChachapoyas210101
BaguaAmazonasBagua60102
BongaráAmazonasJumbilla120103
CondorcanquiAmazonasSanta María de Nieva30104
LuyaAmazonasLámud230105
Rodríguez de MendozaAmazonasMendoza120106
UtcubambaAmazonasBagua Grande70107
HuarazAncashHuaraz120201
AijaAncashAija50202
Antonio RaymondiAncashLlamellín60203
AsunciónAncashChacas20204
BolognesiAncashChiquián150205
CarhuazAncashCarhuaz110206
Carlos Fermín FitzcarraldAncashSan Luis30207
CasmaAncashCasma40208
CorongoAncashCorongo70209
HuariAncashHuari160210
HuarmeyAncashHuarmey50211
HuaylasAncashCaraz100212
Mariscal LuzuriagaAncashPiscobamba80213
OcrosAncashOcros100214
PallascaAncashCabana110215
PomabambaAncashPomabamba40216
RecuayAncashRecuay100217
SantaAncashChimbote90218
SihuasAncashSihuas100219
YungayAncashYungay80220
AbancayApurímacAbancay90301
AndahuaylasApurímacAndahuaylas190302
AntabambaApurímacAntabamba70303
AymaraesApurímacChalhuanca170304
CotabambasApurímacTambobamba60305
ChincherosApurímacChincheros80306
GrauApurímacChuquibambilla140307
ArequipaArequipaArequipa290401
CamanáArequipaCamaná80402
CaravelíArequipaCaravelí130403
CastillaArequipaAplao140404
CayllomaArequipaChivay190405
CondesuyosArequipaChuquibamba80406
IslayArequipaMollendo60407
La UniónArequipaCotahuasi110408
HuamangaAyacuchoAyacucho150501
CangalloAyacuchoCangallo60502
Huanca SancosAyacuchoHuanca Sancos40503
HuantaAyacuchoHuanta80504
La MarAyacuchoSan Miguel80505
LucanasAyacuchoPuquio210506
ParinacochasAyacuchoCoracora80507
Páucar del Sara SaraAyacuchoPausa100508
SucreAyacuchoQuerobamba110509
Víctor FajardoAyacuchoHuancapi120510
Vilcas HuamánAyacuchoVilcashuamán80511
CajamarcaCajamarcaCajamarca120601
CajabambaCajamarcaCajabamba40602
CelendínCajamarcaCelendín120603
ChotaCajamarcaChota190604
ContumazáCajamarcaContumazá80605
CutervoCajamarcaCutervo150606
HualgayocCajamarcaBambamarca30607
JaénCajamarcaJaén120608
San IgnacioCajamarcaSan Ignacio70609
San MarcosCajamarcaSan Marcos70610
San MiguelCajamarcaSan Miguel de Pallaques130611
San PabloCajamarcaSan Pablo40612
Santa CruzCajamarcaSanta Cruz de Succhubamba110613
CallaoCallaoCallao60701
CuscoCuscoCusco80801
AcomayoCuscoAcomayo70802
AntaCuscoAnta90803
CalcaCuscoCalca80804
CanasCuscoYanaoca80805
CanchisCuscoSicuani80806
ChumbivilcasCuscoSanto Tomás80807
EspinarCuscoYauri80808
La ConvenciónCuscoQuillabamba100809
ParuroCuscoParuro90810
PaucartamboCuscoPaucartambo60811
QuispicanchiCuscoUrcos120812
UrubambaCuscoUrubamba70813
HuancavelicaHuancavelicaHuancavelica190901
AcobambaHuancavelicaAcobamba80902
AngaraesHuancavelicaLircay120903
CastrovirreynaHuancavelicaCastrovirreyna130904
ChurcampaHuancavelicaChurcampa100905
HuaytaráHuancavelicaHuaytará160906
TayacajaHuancavelicaPampas160907
HuánucoHuánucoHuánuco111001
AmboHuánucoAmbo81002
Dos de MayoHuánucoLa Unión91003
HuacaybambaHuánucoHuacaybamba41004
HuamalíesHuánucoLlata111005
Leoncio PradoHuánucoTingo María61006
MarañónHuánucoHuacrachuco31007
PachiteaHuánucoPanao41008
Puerto IncaHuánucoPuerto Inca51009
LauricochaHuánucoJesús71010
YarowilcaHuánucoChavinillo81011
IcaIcaIca141101
ChinchaIcaChincha Alta111102
NazcaIcaNazca51103
PalpaIcaPalpa51104
PiscoIcaPisco81105
HuancayoJunínHuancayo281201
ConcepciónJunínConcepción151202
ChanchamayoJunínLa Merced61203
JaujaJunínJauja341204
JunínJunínJunín41205
SatipoJunínSatipo81206
TarmaJunínTarma91207
YauliJunínLa Oroya101208
ChupacaJunínChupaca91209
TrujilloLa LibertadTrujillo111301
AscopeLa LibertadAscope81302
BolívarLa LibertadBolívar61303
ChepénLa LibertadChepén31304
JulcánLa LibertadJulcán41305
OtuzcoLa LibertadOtuzco101306
PacasmayoLa LibertadSan Pedro de Lloc51307
PatazLa LibertadTayabamba131308
Sánchez CarriónLa LibertadHuamachuco81309
Santiago de ChucoLa LibertadSantiago de Chuco81310
Gran ChimúLa LibertadCascas41311
VirúLa LibertadVirú31312
ChiclayoLambayequeChiclayo201401
FerreñafeLambayequeFerreñafe61402
LambayequeLambayequeLambayeque121403
LimaautonomousLima431501
HuauraLimaHuacho121508
BarrancaLimaBarranca51502
CajatamboLimaCajatambo51503
CantaLimaCanta71504
CañeteLimaSan Vicente de Cañete161505
HuaralLimaHuaral121506
HuarochiríLimaMatucana321507
OyónLimaOyón61509
YauyosLimaYauyos331510
MaynasLoretoIquitos131601
Alto AmazonasLoretoYurimaguas61602
LoretoLoretoNauta51603
Mariscal Ramón CastillaLoretoCaballococha41604
PutumayoLoretoSan Antonio del Estrecho41605
RequenaLoretoRequena111606
UcayaliLoretoContamana61607
Datem del MarañónLoretoSan Lorenzo61608
TambopataMadre de DiosPuerto Maldonado41701
ManúMadre de DiosSalvación41702
TahuamanuMadre de DiosIñapari31703
Mariscal NietoMoqueguaMoquegua61801
General Sánchez CerroMoqueguaOmate111802
IloMoqueguaIlo31803
PascoPascoCerro de Pasco131901
Daniel Alcídes CarriónPascoYanahuanca81902
OxapampaPascoOxapampa71903
PiuraPiuraPiura92001
AyabacaPiuraAyabaca102002
HuancabambaPiuraHuancabamba82003
MorropónPiuraChulucanas102004
PaitaPiuraPaita72005
SullanaPiuraSullana82006
TalaraPiuraTalara62007
SechuraPiuraSechura62008
PunoPunoPuno152101
AzángaroPunoAzángaro152102
CarabayaPunoMacusani102103
ChucuitoPunoJuli72104
El CollaoPunoIlave52105
HuancanéPunoHuancané82106
LampaPunoLampa102107
MelgarPunoAyaviri92108
MohoPunoMoho42109
San Antonio de PutinaPunoPutina52110
San RománPunoJuliaca42111
SandiaPunoSandia102112
YunguyoPunoYunguyo72113
MoyobambaSan MartínMoyobamba62201
BellavistaSan MartínBellavista62202
El DoradoSan MartínSan José de Sisa52203
HuallagaSan MartínSaposoa62204
LamasSan MartínLamas112205
Mariscal CáceresSan MartínJuanjuí52206
PicotaSan MartínPicota102207
RiojaSan MartínRioja92208
San MartínSan MartínTarapoto142209
TocacheSan MartínTocache52210
TacnaTacnaTacna102301
CandaraveTacnaCandarave62302
Jorge BasadreTacnaLocumba32303
TarataTacnaTarata82304
TumbesTumbesTumbes62401
Contralmirante VillarTumbesZorritos32402
ZarumillaTumbesZarumilla42403
Coronel PortilloUcayaliPucallpa72501
AtalayaUcayaliAtalaya42502
Padre AbadUcayaliAguaytía32503
PurúsUcayaliEsperanza12504

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