Are Lima Province and Lima Municipality the same?

In Peru, department is not the same as province. Administrative divisions come in the following order: country (Peru) > departament (Departamento de Lima > province (Provincia de Lima, which in case of the city of Lima is represented by the mayor ... read more

Lima's City Hall takes care of governing both the ward/district and the province/county. Having separate halls/municipality buildings for both would be expensive, not to mention ridiculous. read more

Lima Province is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima), which also administers the city of Lima. Its current mayor is Luis Castañeda Lossio. Climate. From April to December, Lima is often covered in coastal fog and mist, while in January to late March, the weather is generally sunny. read more