Piura Province

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This article is about the Province of Piura. For its capital city, see Piura. For other uses, see Piura (disambiguation).

Piura
Location of Piura in the Piura region
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Country	Peru
Region	Piura
Founded	March 20, 1861
Capital	Piura
Area
Area Elevation (capital)	6,211.61 km² 29 metres (95 ft)
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population - Total - Density	642,428 130.4/km²
Mayor	Jose Eugenio Aguilar Santisteban
Subdivisions	9 districts
UBIGEO	2001
Official website
www.munipiura.gob.pe

Piura is a landlocked province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. Its capital, the city of Piura, is also the regional capital. The province is the most populous in the region as well as its center of economic activity.

[edit] Boundaries

Northeast Sullana Province
Northwest Ayabaca Province
East Morropón Province
Southeast Lambayeque Region
Southwest Sechura Province
West Paita Province

[edit] Political division

The Piura Province is divided into nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: