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Lima Department
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department of Peru
Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- Established
- August 4, 1821
- Capital
- Lima
- Provinces
- List Barranca Cajatambo Cañete Canta Huaral Huarochirí Huaura Lima Oyón Yauyos
- Type
- Regional Government
- Governor
- Rosa Vásquez Cuadrado
- Total
- 32,129.31 km (12,405.20 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 5,654 m (18,550 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 26.9179/km (69.7170/sq mi)
- Demonym
- limeño/a
- Dialing code
- 01
- Iso 3166 code
- PE-LIM
- Website
- www .gob .pe /regionlima /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Peru
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Peru
- Contains
- Lima
- Capital
- Huacho
- Population
- 11595510
- Area
- 34828.12
- Elevation
- 3692
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Callao Region
- Headquarters
- Huacho
- Image
- ISS023-E-27953 - View of Peru.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lima Department
- topic's main category
- Category:Department of Lima
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in the department of Lima
- native label
- Lima
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Encyclopedic overview
Lima ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlima]; Jaqaru: Nimaja, [niˈmaxa]) is a department of Peru. Located in the country's central coast, it is administered by a regional government based in Huacho, whose jurisdiction does not include the quasi-autonomous special regime of the province of Lima, coterminous with the country's capital, Lima.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lima Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.