Political Division
The Region is separated into 12 provinces (provincias), political divisions that generally correspond to counties in the United States of America. A Peruvian Region has as its head political executive a governor (governador), an elected official. The head political executive of each province is a lieutenant governor (teniente governador), an official appointed by the governor. These 12 provinces comprise a total of 80 districts (distritos). The provinces, with their capitals are:
| Nº. | Province | Population Cens. 2007 |
Capital | Mayor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Trujillo | 811,979 | Trujillo | César Acuña Peralta |
| 2° | Chepen | 75,980 | Chepen | Wilfredo Quesquén Terrones |
| 3° | Pacasmayo | 94,377 | San Pedro de Lloc | Frederihs Buchelli Torres |
| 4° | Ascope | 116,229 | Ascope | Marco Muñoz Verástegui |
| 5° | Bolívar | 16,650 | Bolívar | Lourdes Placencia Zapata |
| 6° | Santiago de Chuco | 58,320 | Santiago de Chuco | Juan Gabriel Alipioz |
| 7° | Virú | 76,710 | Virú | José Urcia Cruz |
| 8° | Otuzco | 88,817 | Otuzco | Heli A. Verde Rodríguez |
| 9° | Sánchez Carrión | 136,221 | Huamachuco | Luis Alberto Rebaza Chavez |
| 10° | Gran Chimú | 30,399 | Cascas | Juan Iglesias Gutierrez |
| 11° | Julcán | 32,985 | Julcán | Mercedes Castro Arteaga |
| 12° | Pataz | 78,383 | Tayabamba | Mesias Ramos Cueva |
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