List of cities in Peru
This is a list of cities in Peru .
By far the largest agglomeration in Peru is Lima with a population of 9,562,280 (as of 2017). This means that almost a third of the country's people live in the capital region.
The following table shows the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, the results of the census of July 12, 1981, July 11, 1993 and 2007. The province of Lima forms the region-free area of the capital. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement in the narrower sense - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense. For metropolitan areas: List of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in Peru
Cities in Peru | ||||||||
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N o | city | 1981 Census | 1993 Census | 2007 Census | 2017 Census | |||
1. | Lima ( Callao ) | 3,573,227 | 6,321,173 | 8,486,866 | 9,562,280 | |||
2. | Arequipa | 446,942 | 619.156 | 805.150 | 1,002,846 | |||
3. | Trujillo | 354301 | 509.312 | 709.566 | 857.063 | |||
4th | Chiclayo | 279,527 | 393,418 | 574.283 | 606.907 | |||
5. | Piura | 207.934 | 277.964 | 421,648 | 460,876 | |||
6th | Cusco | 184,550 | 255,568 | 348,935 | 428.450 | |||
7th | Huancayo | 164,954 | 258.209 | 336.349 | 411.267 | |||
8th. | Iquitos | 178,738 | 274,759 | 360.314 | 369,477 | |||
9. | Chimbote | 216,579 | 268,979 | 320.240 | 354.273 | |||
10. | Pucallpa | 89,604 | 172.286 | 270.780 | 326,462 | |||
11. | Tacna | 98,532 | 174,336 | 242,451 | 284.905 | |||
12. | Juliaca | 77,150 | 142,576 | 216.716 | 276.110 | |||
13. | Ica | 114,786 | 161.406 | 227,552 | 274.037 | |||
14th | Ayacucho | 69,533 | 105.918 | 149.391 | 211.279 | |||
15th | Cajamarca | 62,259 | 92,447 | 161.215 | 201,329 | |||
16. | Huánuco | 61,812 | 118,814 | 146,750 | 196,627 | |||
17th | Sullana | 112,770 | 147,361 | 170.302 | 184.910 | |||
18th | Chincha Alta | 75,685 | 110.016 | 153,598 | 181,524 | |||
19th | Huacho | 104,345 | 133,642 | 156,790 | ||||
20th | Tarapoto | 34,979 | 77,783 | 115.168 | 141.713 | |||
21st | Puno | 67,397 | 91,877 | 119.116 | 129,801 | |||
22nd | Huaraz | 44,814 | 66,888 | 99,462 | 114,416 | |||
23. | Tumbes | 47,936 | 74,085 | 91,365 | 96,946 | |||
24. | Talara | 57.015 | 82,228 | 83,743 | 91,444 | |||
25th | Paita | 40,607 | 66,584 | 81.163 | ||||
26th | Huaral | 54,442 | 71,829 | 81.026 | ||||
27. | Puerto Maldonado | 27,354 | 56,382 | 77,221 | ||||
28. | Pisco | 84,895 | 61,972 | 73,592 | ||||
29 | Jaén | 45,929 | 64,379 | 72,446 | ||||
30th | Abancay | 46,997 | 51,462 | 72,277 | ||||
31. | Moquegua | 38,837 | 50,799 | 69,882 | ||||
32. | Ilo | 63.030 | ||||||
33. | Cerro de Pasco | 61,046 | ||||||
34. | Barranca | 53,964 | ||||||
35. | Tingo María | 48,361 | ||||||
36. | Lambayeque | 48.273 | ||||||
37. | Yurimaguas | 45,348 | ||||||
38. | Andahuaylas | 43,828 | ||||||
39. | Ferreñafe | 42,905 | ||||||
40. | Pichanaqui | 41,650 | ||||||
41. | Sicuani | 41,352 | ||||||
42. | Tarma | 40,060 | ||||||
43. | Huancavelica | 40.004 | ||||||
44. | La Arena | 39,263 | ||||||
45. | Moyobamba | 39,250 | ||||||
46. | Chepén | 36,770 | ||||||
47. | Chulucanas | 36,613 | ||||||
48. | Nazca | 33,940 | ||||||
49. | Chancay | 32,312 | ||||||
50. | Imperial | 29,457 | ||||||
51. | La Oroya | 29,417 | ||||||
52. | Huamachuco | 28,330 | ||||||
53. | Yeah | 27,980 | ||||||
54. | San Vicente de Cañete | 26,730 | ||||||
55. | Quillabamba | 26,573 | ||||||
56. | Pacasmayo | 26,105 | ||||||
57. | Huanta | 26,026 | ||||||
58. | Bagua Grande | 25,930 | ||||||
59. | Casma | 24,842 | ||||||
60. | Yauri (Espinar) | 23,867 | ||||||
61. | Juanjuí | 23,441 | ||||||
62. | Sechura | 23,250 | ||||||
63. | Chachapoyas | 23.202 | ||||||
64. | Tumán | 22,886 | ||||||
65. | Mala | 22,873 | ||||||
66. | Mollendo | 22,789 | ||||||
67. | Laredo | 22,557 | ||||||
68. | Monsefú | 22,165 | ||||||
69. | Requena | 22,055 | ||||||
70. | Supe Puerto | 22,033 | ||||||
71. | Satipo | 21,894 | ||||||
72. | La Merced | 21,885 | ||||||
73. | Ilave | 21,127 | ||||||
74. | Paramonga | 21,018 | ||||||
75. | Bagua | 21,000 | ||||||
76. | Guadalupe | 20,605 | ||||||
77. | Tambogrande | 20.194 | ||||||
78. | Casa Grande | 20,078 | ||||||
79. | El Pedregal | 20,063 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática del Peru
See also
- List of city lists by country
- Administrative division of Peru
- List of the most densely populated urban areas in Peru
Web links
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
- Ministerio de Salud del Perú
- City Population - Current and historical population figures for the cities of Peru
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERÚ: Migraciones internas INEI 1940-1993 (PDF; 571 kB) Retrieved on September 27, 2013.
- ↑ PERÚ: Migración Interna reciente y el Sistema de Ciudades 2001 - 2007 (PDF; 571 kB) Accessed on September 27, 2013.
- ^ PERÚ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Accessed December 30, 2018 .