Lima metropolitan area

This article is about the area in Peru. For the area in the U.S., see Lima metropolitan area, Ohio.
Lima Metropolitan Area
Map
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceLima and Callao
Core cityLima
Population
 (estimated 2022)
 • Total11,804,609 [1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)

The Lima Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Lima, also known as Lima Metropolitana) is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian provinces of Lima (the nation's capital) and Callao.[2] It is the largest of the metropolitan areas of Peru, the seventh largest in the Americas, the fourth largest in Latin America, and among the thirty largest in the world. The conurbation process started to be evident in the 1980s.

The metropolitan area is composed of five subregions. These are Lima Norte, Lima Sur, Lima Este, Central Lima, and Callao. Its estimated 2020 population is over 11 million according to the INEI.

  1. ^ ".: REUNIS :. Repositorio Único Nacional de Información en Salud - Ministerio de Salud".
  2. ^ Lima Metropolitana is formed by the Province of Lima and the Constitutional Province of Callao in accordance with D.S. N°011-72-PM as of April 25, 1972