Lambayeque region

Lambayeque region
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Peru
Capital	Chiclayo
surface	14,213 km²
Residents	1,197,260 (2017)
density	84 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PE-LAM
Website	www.regionlambayeque.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Gobernador regional	Anselmo Lozano Centurión (2019-2022)
Provinces of the Lambayeque region

Coordinates: 6 ° 42 ′  S , 79 ° 52 ′  W

The Lambayeque region [ lambaˈʝeke ] (Spanish Región Lambayeque , Quechua Lanpalliqi suyu ) is an administrative region in northwestern Peru . 1,197,260 people live in an area of ​​14,213 km² (2017). The capital is Chiclayo . The pre-Inca cultures of Chimú , Mochica and Sicán (Lambayeque) existed in this region .

geography

The islands of Punta Chérrepe, Lobos de Tierra and Lobos de Afuera belong to the region on the Pacific Ocean .

Provinces

The Lambayeque region is divided into three provinces and 38 districts.

province	Capital
Chiclayo	Chiclayo
Ferreñafe	Ferreñafe
Lambayeque	Lambayeque

population

The majority Spanish-speaking population is concentrated in the coastal province of Chiclayo.

In the remote districts of Incahuasi and Kañaris , which belong to the province of Ferreñafe, there is still a predominantly Quechua-speaking population ( Inkawasi-Kañaris ). Muchik was also spoken on the coast until the beginning of the 20th century .

Web links

Commons : Region Lambayeque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Regional government of the Lambayeque region
• The largest pyramid center in the world , ZDF , July 8, 2007
• Peru: 4000 year old temple discovered . In: Spiegel Online - Wissenschaft , November 12, 2007

Footnotes

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 1, p. 11 ( online ).