autonomous regions
...that, in November 2002, autonomous regions replaced departments as the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru in an attempt to achieve an effective decentralization of the country?
...that, in November 2002, <b id="mwFl4"><a href="./Regions_of_Peru" id="mwFl8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Regions of Peru">autonomous regions</a></b> replaced <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Department_(subnational_entity)" id="mwFmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Department (subnational entity)">departments</a> as the first-level <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Administrative_subdivisions" id="mwFmE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Administrative subdivisions">administrative subdivisions</a> of <a href="./Peru" id="mwFmI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peru">Peru</a> in an attempt to achieve an effective <a href="./Decentralization" id="mwFmM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Decentralization">decentralization</a> of the country?