List of metropolitan areas of Peru

For city populations, see list of cities in Peru.
Lizet Castañeda and Gino Morales champions in Trujillo Marinera Festival, a traditional Peruvian dance

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, Trujillo, Arequipa, and Chiclayo.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Metropolitan areas of Peru
Rank Image Coat of arms Metropolitan
area 		Region 1993
population 		2007
population 		2015
population[9]
1
Lima		 Lima Metropolitan Area Lima 6.321.173[3] 8.472.935[3] 9.886.647[10]
2
Trujillo		 Trujillo Metropolitan Area La Libertad 589.314[4] 804.834[5] 949.498
3
Arequipa		 Arequipa metropolitan area Arequipa 645.079[6] 749.291[7] 920.047
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
The mountain Huayna Picchu overlooks the ruins of Machu Picchu		 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

Lima (Peru)
Map of Lima Metropolitan Area
Trujillo Main Square, in honor to the city the Freedom Monument by sculptor Edmund Möeller
Arequipa, View of the Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa on the north side of the square
Map of Arequipa Metropolitan
Plaza de Armas of Chiclayo
Map of Chiclayo Metropolitan and its nearby zones
  • Lima metropolitan area

Lima metropolitan area is composed of 6 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, Residential Lima, Central Lima, and Callao with a total estimated population in 2015 of 9.886.647 people.[10]

  • Trujillo:

Trujillo, La Esperanza, El Porvenir, Víctor Larco, Florencia de Mora, Huanchaco, Moche, Salaverry and Laredo[14]

Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Trujillo 318.914 District
Víctor Larco64.024District
Florencia de Mora41.914District
Huanchaco 68.104 District
Moche 34.503District
Salaverry 18.129District
Laredo 35.289District
El Porvenir 186.127District
La Esperanza 182.494District
Total 949.498-
  • Arequipa: Arequipa, Alto Selva alegre, Cayma, Cerro colorado, Jacobo hunter, José Luís Bustamante y Rivero, Mariano Melgar, Miraflores, Paucarpata, Sabandia, Sachaca, Socabaya, Tiabaya Yanahuara, Characato, Uchumayo, Mollebaya, Quequeña and Yura.[15]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Arequipa 54.905District
Alto Selva alegre 82.412District
Cayma 91.802District
Cerro Colorado 148.164District
Jacobo Hunter 48.326District
José Luís Bustamante y Rivero 76.711District
Mariano Melgar 52.667District
Miraflores 48.677District
Paucarpata 124.755District
Sabandia 4.136 District
Sachaca 19.581District
Socabaya 78.135 District
Tiabaya 14.768 District
Yanahuara 25.483 District
Characato9.288District
Uchumayo 12.436District
Yura 25.367 District
Mollebaya 1.868District
Quequeña 1.376District
Total 920.047--
  • Chiclayo: Chiclayo, Eten, Leonardo Ortiz, La Victoria, Monsefú, Pimentel, Pomalca, Puerto Eten, Reque, Santa Rosa, Lambayeque and San José.[16]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Chiclayo 291.777District
Eten 10.571District
Leonardo Ortiz 193.232District
La Victoria 90.546District
Monsefú 31.847District
Pimentel 44.285District
Pomalca 25.323District
Puerto Eten 2.167District
Reque 14.942District
Santa Rosa 12.687District
Lambayeque 77.234District
San José 16.172 District
Total 810.783--
  • Piura: Piura, Castilla, Catacaos.[17]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Piura and Veintiséis de Octubre District 301.311District
Castilla 143.203District
Catacaos 72.779District
Total 517.293--
  • Iquitos: Iquitos, Punchana, San Juan Bautista, Belén.[18]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Iquitos 150.484District
Belén 75.685District
Punchana91.128District
San Juan Bautista 154.696District
Total471.993--
  • Cusco: San Jerónimo, Cusco, Santiago, Wanchaq, San Sebastián.[19]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Cusco 118.316 District
San Jerónimo 47.101District
Santiago 90.154District
Wanchaq 63.778District
San Sebastián 115.305District
Total 434.654--
  • Chimbote: Chimbote, Nuevo Chimbote y Coishco.[10][20]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Chimbote 214.804District
Nuevo Chimbote 151.127 District
Coishco 15.811District
Total 381.742--
  • Huancayo: Huancayo, El Tambo, Chilca.[21]
Composition Estimated
population 2015[9]		 Category
of the Subdivision
Huancayo 116.953District
El Tambo 161.429District
Chilca 85.628 District
Total 364.010--

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Planeamiento Urbano - Perú: Áreas metropolitanas (Pag. 3)" (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ley 27795 - LEY DE DEMARCACIÓN Y ORGANIZACIÓN TERRITORIAL (Pag. 19)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - Perfil socio demográfico del Perú". Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "(spanish) Plan de Desarrollo Metropolitano de Trujillo-Plandemetru (Page. 35, 36)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 PLANDET, ed. (2009). "Plan de Desarrollo Urbano Metropolitano de Trujillo 2012-2022(pág. 39)" (in Spanish).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "(spanish)Plan Director de Arequipa Metropolitana 2002–2015 (page 22, 62)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Municipalidad de Chiclayo (ed.). "(spanish)Plan de desarrollo urbano ambiental de Chiclayo 2015" (in Spanish).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 INEI (ed.). "Peru: Estimated population by sex according to Departamento, province and district 2013- INEI" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - PERÚ: ESTIMACIONES Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN TOTAL POR SEXO DE LAS PRINCIPALES CIUDADES, 2013-2015" (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)" (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). Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Plan Estratégico de desarrollo integral y sostenible de Trujillo (Pag. 15)" (in Spanish).
  15. ↑ "Plan de Desarrollo Metropolitano de Arequipa 2012-2022 (Pag. 34)" (in Spanish).
  16. ↑ "MODERNIZACION DE LA GESTION DEL DESARROLLO URBANO DE LA PROVINCIA DE CHICLAYO (Pag. 6)" (in Spanish).
  17. ↑ Municipalidad de Piura, ed. (2008). "PLAN DE DESARROLLO CONCERTADO DE LA PROVINCIA DE PIURA 2009-2014 (page 67)" (in Spanish).
  18. ↑ "PLAN LOCAL PROVINCIAL DE SEGURIDAD CIUDADANA DE MAYNAS (Pags. 42,44,45)" (in Spanish).
  19. ↑ "INEI - Conociendo Cusco (POBLACION CUSCO METROPOLITANO, Pag. 24)" (in Spanish).
  20. ↑ "PLAN DE DESARROLLO CONCERTADO DE LA PROVINCIA DEL SANTA 2007-2015 (Pag. 34)" (in Spanish).
  21. ↑ "Plan de desarrollo Urbano de Huancayo (Pag. 50)" (in Spanish).