Piura Province

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

Piura
—  Province  —
Coat of arms
Location of Piura in the Piura Region
Country	Peru
Region	Piura
Founded	March 20, 1861
Capital	Piura
Government
• Mayor	Jose Eugenio Aguilar Santisteban
Area
• Total	6,211.61 km2 (2,398.3 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population
• Total	642,428
UBIGEO	2001
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.

Boundaries

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

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:

• Metropolitan Region of Piura:Piura (Piura)
• Metropolitan Region of Piura:Castilla (Castilla)

• Catacaos (Catacaos)
• Cura Mori (Cucungará)
• El Tallán (Sinchao)
• La Arena (La Arena)
• La Unión (La Unión)
• Las Lomas (Las Lomas)
• Tambo Grande (Tambo Grande)

External links

• (Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de Piura - Piura provincial municipality
• (Spanish) Documental Piura: Provincia de Piura