---
id: "pe_region"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["PE"]
langs: ["es"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/pe_region"
---

# Peruvian region (department) (`pe_region`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of a first-level division of Peru, a region or department, such as Cusco, Arequipa or Loreto. Peru has 24 departments and the Constitutional Province of Callao.

- Parent datatype: `admin_area_1`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: Peru (PE)
- Languages: Spanish (es)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `Cusco`
- `Arequipa`
- `Loreto`

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.REGION_NAME_PE`
- schema_org: `addressRegion`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Регион Перу

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Peru>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/pe_region.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/PE/geo/pe_region.yaml>