Real Audiencia of Lima City of Cusco and its [dependencies], inclusive, sharing borders in the north with the Royal Audiencia of Quito; in the south with the one of La Plata and in the west with the South Sea and in the east with undiscovered provinces, according to what is contained in, and pointed out, in Law 14 of this title. Real Audiencia of Lima The Real Audiencia and Chancery of Lima () was a superior court in the New World empire of Spain, located in the city of Lima, capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. It was created on November 20, 1542 as
Lima Province divided into 43 districts. Each of them is headed by a mayor, although the Metropolitan Lima Municipal Council ("Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima"), led by the mayor of Lima, also exercises its authority in these districts. All the districts of Lima province are fused together in a continuous urban area, with the exception of the beach resorts of Ancon and Santa Rosa in the north and Pachacamac, Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo, Santa Maria del Mar and Pucusana in the south. Lima Province is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima ("Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima"), which also administers the city