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Metropolitan Municipality Of Lima
The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima ( es, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima) is the local government entity of the Lima Province and Lima District. It is the only provincial municipality of special regime with faculties of regional government. It is established according to the 2002 ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'' (') and the 2003 ''Organic Law of Municipalities'' ('). Organization The organs of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima are: * the Council ('); * the Mayor of Lima ('); and * the Metropolitan Assembly ('). The Council consists of the Mayor and five aldermen, according to the ''Municipal Elections Law'' ('). The Metropolitan Assembly is an advisory and coordinating body.Article 162 of the Organic Law of Municipalities Function and powers According to Article 154 of, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima exerts jurisdiction, in matters within its competence, on the districts of Lima. References * Ley Orgánica de Municipalidades' (Organic Law of Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Province
Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima, which is also the nation's capital. Despite its small area, this province is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Peruvian economy. It concentrates almost one-third of the country's population and 50% of Peru's GDP in 2012. History The province was created in 1821 as Peru's territory was divided into departments, provinces, districts and parishes. The province was part of the Lima Department, which was formed by the territories of present-day Lima, Callao and Ica regions, and the provinces of Casma, Huarmey and Santa, which later would be part of the ''La Costa Department''. The department was further subdivided as time passed but the Lima Province kept being part of it. Due to the massive migration from other areas of the country, the need to separate the province from the rest of the department wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima District
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ... in 1988 and contains the foundational area known as Cercado de Lima (Spanish language, Spanish: "Walled Lima"). Geography The district has a total land area of 21.98 km². Its administrative center is located at 154 meters above sea level. Boundaries * North: The Rímac River marks the district's border with the San Martín de Porres District, San Martín de Porres and Rímac District, Rímac districts. * East: El Agustino and San Juan de Lurigancho. * South: La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Lima
The following is a list of Lima's mayors through the 20th and 21st centuries. '' Alcaldes ordinarios'' of the first and the second vote Mayors of Lima See also * Timeline of Lima {{Peru lists Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ... Mayors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Lima
The province of Lima is divided into forty-three districts of Lima ( es, distritos) which are administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima The urban area of Lima is generally considered to be formed by thirty of these districts. The remaining thirteen districts consist of mostly rural and sparsely populated desert and mountainous areas. Of these peripheral districts, many of the coastal ones serve as beach resorts and their population, which is considerably smaller than that of the urban districts, increases during the summer months. Districts of Lima Area and population information on the following list has been retrieved from official data by the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, INEI). Demographic data is based on the 2005 Census carried out from 18 July through 20 August 2005. Population density is given to one decimal place in persons per square kilometer. UBIGEO numbers are codes use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Peruano
''Diario Oficial El Peruano'' (''The Peruvian Official Newspaper'') is the official daily newspaper of Peru. The paper was founded on 22 October 1825 by Simón Bolívar although it changed names between the following decades and it was not published continuously since its inception. In addition to carrying news, all laws passed in Peru must be published by ''El Peruano''. It is currently edited by Delfina Becerra González. It is published by the Peruvian Company of Editorial Services SA - Editora Peru (''Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales SA - EDITORA PERÚ''), a state enterprise under private law. The company was created as part of the national information system (''Sistema Nacional de Información'') established by ''Decreto Ley'' No. 20550 of 5 March 1974. This law included the various collective state media under a unified management, the majority of which returned to private ownership following the departure of the military regime from power. History Early decades ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
