Political Division
The region is divided into nine provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 128 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
- Barranca (Barranca)
- Cajatambo (Cajatambo)
- Cañete (San Vicente de Cañete)
- Canta (Canta)
- Huaral (Huaral)
- Huarochirí (Matucana)
- Huaura (Huacho)
- Oyón (Oyón)
- Yauyos (Yauyos)
- Lima (Lima)
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