Metropolitan Municipality of Lima Metropolitan Municipality of Lima The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima () is the regional and provincial government of Lima Province, which accounts for about one-third of Peru's population. It is established according to the 2002 "Organic Law of Regional Governments" (') and the 2003 "Organic Law of Municipalities" ('). The organs of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima are: The Council consists of the Mayor and five aldermen, according to the "Municipal Elections Law" (""). The Metropolitan Assembly is an advisory and coordinating body. According to Article 154 of, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima exerts jurisdiction, in matters within its competence, on
Lima Province territories of present-day Lima, Callao and Ica regions, and the provinces of Casma, Huarmey and Santa, which later would be part of the La Costa Department. The department was further subdivided as time passed but the Lima Province kept being part of it. Due to the massive migration from other areas of the country, the need to separate the province from the rest of the department was forecast by experts. In 2002, the new regionalization law passed by President Alejandro Toledo made the Lima Province a separate entity from the rest of the newly created Lima Region. The province is