Lima Metropolitana is the largest metro area in Peru and encompasses the capital city of Lima. It covers an area of about 1010 km² (390 sq mi), and runs north-south along the Pacific Ocean coast for more than 50 km (31 mi). This metro area extends nearly 40 km (25 mi) from east to west, following the Rímac River inland from the ocean. It is bordered by the Lima Provincias region on the east, south and north; and by the Callao region and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Politics
Metropolitan Lima is not part of any of the twenty-five regions of Peru, and therefore has no regional government of its own. Instead, it is controlled directly by the Municipality of Lima. The mayor of Lima is Luis Castañeda Lossio.
Division
Metropolitan Lima is divided into 43 districts (distritos; singular: distrito). Each district is headed by a mayor (alcalde).
Lima is the capital and largest city in Peru, as well as the capital of Lima Province.
Lima became the most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, which encompassed nearly all of Spain's possessions in South America during the colonial era (mid 1500s to early 1800s).
Lima city proper is generally considered to be comprised of the densely-populated, thirty central districts of Lima Province.
The Lima Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lima, also known as Gran Lima (Greater Lima) or LimaMetropolitana), is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian cities of Lima (the nation's capital) and Callao.
It is concentrated mainly in the coastal area and runs north-south along the Pacific coast for almost 200 km, beginning in the district of Ancón, on the border with the Huaral Province of the Limaregion, and ending in the district of Pucusana, on the border with the Cañete Province, also in the Limaregion.
Lima is expected to become a megalopolis before the end of the decade.
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