Despite its small area, this province is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Peruvian economy.

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.

[citation needed] All the districts of Lima province are fused together in a continuous urban area, with the exception of the beach resort of Ancón and Santa Rosa in the north and Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo, Santa Maria del Mar and Pucusana in the south.

From April to December, Lima is often covered in coastal fog and mist, while in January to late March, the weather is generally sunny.

[2] Lima has various tourist destinations and activities, including pre-Inca period pyramids, museums and modern shopping malls.