Chiclayo Province

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The Chiclayo Province is a Peruvian province located in the Lambayeque Region. It is one of the three that make up that region.

1 Boundaries
2 Political Division
3 Population
4 Capital
5 Relief
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

North Lambayeque Province, Ferreñafe Province
East Cajamarca Region
South La Libertad Region
West Pacific Ocean

[edit] Political Division

The province has an area of 3,288.07 square kilometers and is divided into twenty districts.

Chiclayo
Chongoyape
Etén
Puerto Etén
José Leonardo Ortíz
La Victoria
Lagunas
Monsefu
Nueva Arica
Oyotún
Picsi
Pimentel
Reque
Santa Rosa
Saña
Cayalti
Patapo
Pomalca
Pucalá
Tumán

[edit] Population

The province has an estimated province of 729,433 inhabitants.

[edit] Capital

The capital of this province is the city of Chiclayo which is the fourth largest in Peru.

[edit] Relief

The terrain of the province is mainly flat, with smooth slopes which elevate from west to east. Here is distinguished slight undulations and uneven elevations formed by continuous alluvial actions, of nature or of man. The cultive lands have been object of an intense work of leveling to facilitate the irrigation.