Editing Peru (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
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{{main|Administrative divisions of Peru}}
Peru is divided into 26 units: [[Regions of Peru#History|24 departments]], the [[Constitutional Province of Callao]] and the [[Lima Province|Province of Lima]] (LIM) – which is independent of any region and serves as the [[Capital city|country's capital]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pozo Díaz|first=Hildebrando Castro|date=August 2008|title=Existen regiones en nuestro pais|url=http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/cendocbib/con_uibd.nsf/9F70BD4F97DA0D27052574B800766BBB/$FILE/EXISTENREGIONES.pdf|journal=Congreso de la Republica de Peru|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324180534/http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/cendocbib/con_uibd.nsf/9F70BD4F97DA0D27052574B800766BBB/$FILE/EXISTENREGIONES.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the constitution, the 24 departments plus Callao Province have an elected "regional"{{efn|name=e|The government in each department is referred to as "regional" governments despite being departments.}} government composed of the regional governor and the [[Regions of Peru|regional council]].<ref>''Ley N° 27867, Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales'', Article No. 11.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gob.pe/estado/gobiernos-regionales|title=Gobierno del Perú|website=www.gob.pe|language=es|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619102427/https://www.gob.pe/estado/gobiernos-regionales|url-status=live}}</ref>

The governor constitutes the [[Executive (government)|executive body]], proposes [[budget]]s, and creates decrees, resolutions, and regional programs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dickovick|first=J. Tyler|date=1 January 2007|title=Municipalization as Central Government Strategy: Central-Regional–Local Politics in Peru, Brazil, and South Africa|url=https://academic.oup.com/publius/article/37/1/1/1940139|journal=Publius: The Journal of Federalism|language=en|volume=37|issue=1|pages=1–25|doi=10.1093/publius/pjl012|issn=0048-5950|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417061905/https://academic.oup.com/publius/article/37/1/1/1940139|url-status=live}}</ref> The Regional Council, the region's [[Legislature|legislative body]], debates and votes on budgets, supervises regional officials, and can vote to remove the governor, deputy governor, or any member of the council from office. The regional governor and the Regional Council serve a term of four years, without immediate reelection. These governments plan regional development, execute public investment projects, promote economic activities, and manage public property.<ref>''Ley N° 27867, Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales'', Article No. 10.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Schönwälder|first=Gerd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40GaCgAAQBAJ&q=peru+government&pg=PP1|title=Linking Civil Society and the State: Urban Popular Movements, the Left, and Local Government in Peru, 1980–1992|year=2002|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0-271-02379-3|language=en|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417061233/https://books.google.com/books?id=40GaCgAAQBAJ&q=peru+government&pg=PP1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Provinces such as [[Lima]] are administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by a mayor.<ref>''Ley N° 27867, Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales'', Article No. 66.</ref> The goal of devolving power to regional and municipal governments was among others to improve popular participation. NGOs played an important role in the [[decentralization]] process and still influence local politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/perus-ngos-want-government-decentralisation-serve-social-goals-and-public-participation|title=Mixed Feelings|author1=Monika Huber|author2=Wolfgang Kaiser|date=February 2013|publisher=dandc.eu|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707042639/https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/perus-ngos-want-government-decentralisation-serve-social-goals-and-public-participation|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pique|first=Ricardo|date=1 May 2019|title=Higher pay, worse outcomes? The impact of mayoral wages on local government quality in Peru|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272719300064|journal=Journal of Public Economics|language=en|volume=173|pages=1–20|doi=10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.01.005|s2cid=14763370|issn=0047-2727|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716090526/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272719300064|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some areas of Peru are defined as [[List of metropolitan areas of Peru|metropolitan areas]] which overlap district areas. The largest of them, the [[Lima metropolitan area]], is the seventh-[[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas|largest metropolis in the Americas]].