Decentralization process in Peru

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Decentralization process in Peru has long been a major issue in the government agenda.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

A referendum was held on October 30, 2005, to decide whether fifteen of the current twenty-five regions will merge to form five new, larger regions.{{Cite web |title=Referendum para creacion de regiones el 30 de octubre del 2005 |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/onpe/noticias/541249-referendum-para-creacion-de-regiones-el-30-de-octubre-del-2005 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Government of Peru |language=es-pe}} All citizens who are 18 or older and reside in the affected regions (7'234,321 persons) were entitled to vote.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Voters overwhelmingly opposed the merge, and therefore the regions will stay the way they currently are. Another referendum was scheduled for 2011 or 2012.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}