List of metropolitan areas of Peru
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The following is a list of the most populous Peruvian metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants.
For city populations, see list of cities in Peru.
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 | ||||||||
Rank | Image | Coat of arms | Metropolitan area | Region | 1993 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] Arequipa metropolitan area,[12] Trujillo metropolitan area,[4] - 1993 census (INEI) 2007 population: Lima metropolitan area,[3] Arequipa metropolitan area,[13] Trujillo metropolitan area,[14] Chiclayo metropolitan area[15][16] - Censo 2007 (INEI) Estimated 2015 population[9] (INEI) |