Callaois the largest and most important port
in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao,
the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima,
the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large
metropolis that holds almost one-third of Peru's population. Callao borders
Lima Province on the north, east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west
