List of metropolitan areas of Peru

The following is a list of the most populous Peruvian metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants.

Note that the populations of metropolitan areas are not city populations but rather a combination of a main large city and many other smaller satellite cities. In Peru, cities with a population of more than 500,000 and with a metropolitan development plan are considered metropolises.[1][2] As of the 2007 census, these cities are Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Metropolitan areas of Peru
RankImageCoat of armsMetropolitan
area
Region1993
population
2007
population
2017
population
[9]
1
Lima
Lima Metropolitana Area Lima 6,321,173[3] 8,472,935[3] 9,569,468[10]
2
Arequipa
Arequipa metropolitan area Arequipa 640,275 822,479[8] 1,034,736
3
Trujillo
Trujillo metropolitan area La Libertad 589,314 804,296[8] 962,369
4
Chiclayo
Chiclayo metropolitan area Lambayeque 550,179 697,861[8] 810,783
5
Piura
Piura metropolitan area Piura - 450,363[11] 517,293
6
Iquitos
Iquitos metropolitan area Loreto - - 471,993
7
Cusco
Cusco metropolitan area Cusco - - 434,654
8
Chimbote
Chimbote metropolitan area Ancash - - 381,742
9
Huancayo
Huancayo metropolitan area Junin - - 364,010
Sources:
Law of Territorial Demarcation[2]
1993 population: Lima metropolitan area,[3] Trujillo metropolitan area,[4] Arequipa metropolitan area[6] - 1993 census (INEI)
2007 population: Lima metropolitan area,[3] Trujillo metropolitan area,[5] Arequipa metropolitan area,[7] Chiclayo metropolitan area[12][13] - Censo 2007 (INEI)
Estimated 2015 population[9] (INEI)

Composition

Trujillo Main Square, in honor to the city the Freedom Monument by sculptor Edmund Moeller
  • Lima metropolitan area

Lima metropolitan area is composed of 5 sub regions that group 43 urban districts of Lima Province and 6 districts of Callao Province. These sub regions are the Lima Norte, Lima Sur, Lima Este, Central Lima, and Callao with a total estimated population in 2015 of 9.886.647 people.[10]

  • Trujillo metropolitan area
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Trujillo392.796District
Florencia de Mora60.571District
El Porvenir183.232District
La Esperanza190.546District
Victor Larco Herrerra71.847District
Huanchaco84.285District
Moche35.323District
Laredo32.167District
Salaverry19.942District
Total1,070.709--
  • Chiclayo: Chiclayo, Eten, Leonardo Ortiz, La Victoria, Monsefú, Pimentel, Pomalca, Puerto Eten, Reque, Santa Rosa, Lambayeque and San José.[14]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Chiclayo291.777District
Eten10.571District
Leonardo Ortiz193.232District
La Victoria90.546District
Monsefú31.847District
Pimentel44.285District
Pomalca25.323District
Puerto Eten2.167District
Reque14.942District
Santa Rosa12.687District
Lambayeque77.234District
San José16.172District
Total810.783--
  • Piura: Piura, Castilla, Catacaos.[15]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Piura and Veintiséis de Octubre District301.311District
Castilla143.203District
Catacaos72.779District
Total517.293--
  • Iquitos: Iquitos, Punchana, San Juan Bautista, Belén.[16]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Iquitos150.484District
Belén75.685District
Punchana91.128District
San Juan Bautista154.696District
Total471.993--
  • Cusco: San Jerónimo, Cusco, Santiago, Wanchaq, San Sebastián.[17]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Cusco118.316District
San Jerónimo47.101District
Santiago90.154District
Wanchaq63.778District
San Sebastián115.305District
Total434.654--
  • Chimbote: Chimbote, Nuevo Chimbote y Coishco.[10][18]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Chimbote214.804District
Nuevo Chimbote151.127District
Coishco15.811District
Total381.742--
  • Huancayo: Huancayo, El Tambo, Chilca.[19]
Composition Estimated
population 2016[9]
Category
of the Subdivision
Huancayo116.953District
El Tambo161.429District
Chilca85.628District
Total364.010--

See also

References

  1. "Planeamiento Urbano - Perú: Áreas metropolitanas (Pag. 3)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12.
  2. "Ley 27795 - LEY DE DEMARCACIÓN Y ORGANIZACIÓN TERRITORIAL (Pag. 19)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  3. INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - Perfil socio demográfico del Perú". Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. "(spanish) Plan de Desarrollo Metropolitano de Trujillo-Plandemetru (Page. 35, 36)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. PLANDET, ed. (2009). "Plan de Desarrollo Urbano Metropolitano de Trujillo 2012-2022(pág. 39)" (in Spanish).
  6. "(spanish)Plan Director de Arequipa Metropolitana 2002–2015 (page 22, 62)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  7. INEI, ed. (2011). "(spanish)INEI:Arequipa Compendio estadístico 2011 - Arequipa Metropolitana, Población censada y estimada, Según Distritos (page 77)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  8. Municipalidad de Chiclayo (ed.). "(spanish)Plan de desarrollo urbano ambiental de Chiclayo 2015" (in Spanish).
  9. INEI (ed.). "Peru: Estimated population by sex according to Departamento, province and district 2013- INEI" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  10. INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - PERÚ: ESTIMACIONES Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN TOTAL POR SEXO DE LAS PRINCIPALES CIUDADES, 2013-2015" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  11. Municipalidad Provincial de Piura. "Plan de Desarrollo Urbano de los Distritos de Piura, Veintiséis de Octubre, Castilla y Catacaos al 2032 (page 29)" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  12. INEI, ed. (2008). "Población de la Región Lambayeque según Provincias y distritos - Resultados del censo 2007" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  13. INEI, ed. (2008). "Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Población y VI de Vivienda - Sistema de Consultas de Resultados Censales (INEI)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  14. "MODERNIZACION DE LA GESTION DEL DESARROLLO URBANO DE LA PROVINCIA DE CHICLAYO (Pag. 6)" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  15. Municipalidad de Piura, ed. (2008). "PLAN DE DESARROLLO CONCERTADO DE LA PROVINCIA DE PIURA 2009-2014 (page 67)" (in Spanish).
  16. "PLAN LOCAL PROVINCIAL DE SEGURIDAD CIUDADANA DE MAYNAS (Pags. 42,44,45)" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  17. "INEI - Conociendo Cusco (POBLACION CUSCO METROPOLITANO, Pag. 24)" (in Spanish).
  18. "PLAN DE DESARROLLO CONCERTADO DE LA PROVINCIA DEL SANTA 2007-2015 (Pag. 34)" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  19. "Plan de desarrollo Urbano de Huancayo (Pag. 50)" (PDF) (in Spanish).
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