|See other Peruvian regions| |President||Nelson Oswaldo Chui
Mejía| |Population (as of the 2005 Census)| | Population |
780,881 (2005 est.) |Subdivisions||9 provinces and 128
districts| | Elevation | 0 m (coastal area) 5654 m (Huacshash) |
10°16'18" to 13°19'18" S | 75°30'42" to 77°53'03" W |Percentage
of country's GDP||N/A| Lima Region, also known as Lima
Provincias, is one of twenty-five regions of Peru. Located in
the central coast of the country, its capital is Huacho. Lima
Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's
capital, is located on the western part of the Lima Region.
However, this province is autonomous and not part of the region.
The region has a coastal and an Andean zone, and has a great
diversity of natural regions: the Costa or Chala (0 to 500
meters above sea level) up to the Janca or Cordillera (over 4800
meters). The predominating regions are the Yunga (500 to 2300
meters above sea level) and Quechua (2300 to 3500 meters).
Points of interest Lomas de Lachay Lunahuaná is a dis