{{Short description|Province of Peru}}{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Barranca | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandera de Barranca.png | image_shield = Escudo de Barranca.png | image_map = Location of the province Barranca in Lima.svg | map_caption = Location of Barranca in Lima | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Department of Lima|Lima]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = October 5, 1984 | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Barranca, Lima|Barranca]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Luis Emilio Ueno Samanamud | area_total_km2 = 1355.87 | elevation_m = | population_total = 144381 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 1502 | website = {{url|www.munibarranca.gob.pe}} }} '''Barranca''' ({{ipa|es|baˈraŋka|lang}}) is a [[Provinces of Peru|province]] of the [[Department of Lima|department of Lima]], [[Peru]]. From the administrative point of view of the [[Catholic Church in Peru]], it forms part of the [[Diocese of Huacho]].
==History== It was created by Law No. 23939 on October 5, 1984, by the government of President [[Fernando Belaunde Terry]].
==Politics== ===Subdivisions=== The province measures {{convert|1355.87|km2}} and is divided into five [[Districts of Peru|district]]s ({{langx|es|distritos}}, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are: * [[Barranca District, Barranca|Barranca]] ([[Barranca, Lima|Barranca]]) * [[Paramonga District|Paramonga]] ([[Paramonga, Peru|Paramonga]]) * [[Pativilca District|Pativilca]] ([[Pativilca]]) * [[Supe District|Supe]] ([[Supe, Peru|Supe]]) * [[Supe Puerto District|Supe Puerto]] ([[Supe Puerto]])
==Geography== Geographically, the province has a flat terrain crossed by the valleys of the rivers Fortaleza, Pativilca and Supe.
==See also== * [[Department of Lima]] * [[Provinces of Peru]]
== References == * {{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Digital]''. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
{{Provinces of Lima Region}} {{Authority control}}
{{Coord|10|40|S|77|43|W|region:PE-LMA_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-eswiki|display=title}}
[[Category:Provinces of the Department of Lima]]
{{LimaRegion-geo-stub}}