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
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)
^ "Planeamiento Urbano - Perú: Áreas metropolitanas (Pag. 3)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12.
^ a b "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 .
^ a b c d e INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - Perfil socio demográfico del Perú" . Retrieved October 25, 2012 .
^ a b "(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 .
^ PLANDET, ed. (2009). "Plan de Desarrollo Urbano Metropolitano de Trujillo 2012-2022(pág. 39)" (in Spanish).
^ "(spanish)Plan Director de Arequipa Metropolitana 2002–2015 (page 22, 62)" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012 .
^ 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 .
^ a b c d Municipalidad de Chiclayo (ed.). "(spanish)Plan de desarrollo urbano ambiental de Chiclayo 2015" (in Spanish).
^ a b INEI (ed.). "Peru: Estimated population by sex according to Departamento, province and district 2013- INEI" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2013 .
^ INEI (ed.). "(spanish)INEI - PERÚ: ESTIMACIONES Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN TOTAL POR SEXO DE LAS PRINCIPALES CIUDADES, 2013-2015" (PDF) (in Spanish).
^ 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).
^ "(spanish)Plan Director de Arequipa Metropolitana 2002–2015 (page 22, 62)" . [2] (in Spanish). Retrieved October 25, 2012 .
^ 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 .
^ PLANDET, ed. (2009). "Plan de Desarrollo Urbano Metropolitano de Trujillo 2012-2022(pág. 39)" (in Spanish).
^ INEI, ed. (2008). "Población de la Región Lambayeque según Provincias y distritos - Resultados del censo 2007" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ 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 .