During the 1980s, then Peruvian president Alan García proposed what was supposed to be a radical re-structuration of the political and economical divisions of the country: regionalization. The law, which was approved, mandated the creation of regions to function eventually as autonomous economic and administrative entities; 12 regions were constituted from 23 of the former 24 departments. Formation of another region was delayed by the reluctance of the Constitutional Province of Callao| to merge with the department of Lima.
The regions had to assume major responsibilities because of inadequate funding from the central government, and organizational and political difficulties. This political division was never successful, and its implementation was cancelled.
| Region
| Departments forming the region
|
| Andrés Avelino Cáceres
| Huánuco (except part of Marañón
and Leoncio Prado provinces),
Pasco and Junín
|
| Arequipa
| Arequipa
|
| Chavín
| Ancash (plus part of the Marañón
and Leoncio Prado provinces of the
Huánuco department)
|
| Grau
| Tumbes and Piura
|
| Inca
| Cusco, Madre de Dios and Apurímac
|
| La Libertad
| La Libertad
|
| Loreto
| Loreto
|
| Los Libertadores-Huari
| Ica, Ayacucho and Huancavelica
|
| José Carlos Mariátegui
| Moquegua, Tacna and Puno
|
| Nor-Oriental del Marañón
| Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Amazonas
|
| San Martín
| San Martín
|
| Ucayali
| Ucayali
|
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