List of the 15 Most Populous metropolitan areas in Peru
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The following is a list of the 15 most populous metropolitan areas 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.
| Rank | City | Region | City Population | Metropolitan Population |
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| 1 | Lima-Callao Metropolitan Area | Lima Province | 7,870,000 | 9,241,961 |
| 3 | Arequipa Metropolitan Area | Arequipa | 836,859 | 876,804 |
| 2 | Trujillo Metropolitan Area | La Libertad | 751,961 | 891,326 |
| 4 | Chiclayo-Lambayeque Metropolitan Area | Lambayeque | 629,990 | 773,556 |
| 5 | Huancayo-Jauja Metropolitan Area | Junín | 430,659 | 665,000 |
| 6 | Piura-Castilla Metropolitan Area | Piura | 400,000 | 649,142 |
| 7 | Iquitos Metropolitan Area | Loreto | 437,612 | 640,222 |
| 8 | Cusco Metropolitan Area | Cusco | 319,422 | 545,630 |
| 9 | Chimbote-Nuevo Chimbote Metropolitan Area | Ancash | 400,000 | 506,397 |
| 10 | Juliaca-Puno Metropolitan Area | Puno | 239,000 | 460,000 |
| 11 | Pucallpa-Yarinacocha Metropolitan Area | Ucayali | 339,493 | 416,342 |
| 12 | Tacna Metropolitan Area | Tacna | 280,000 | 407,412 |
| 13 | Ica Metropolitan Area | Ica | 261,000 | 333,255 |
| 14 | Sullana Metropolitan Area | Piura | 201,000 | 266,908 |
| 15 | Huánuco Metropolitan Area | Huánuco | 170,558 | 254,133 |
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- At year 2011 Lima metropolitan area is formed by 43 urban districts of Lima Province and 6 districts of Callao Province, making a total of 49 districts.
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- At year 2011 Arequipa metropolitan area according to document called '"PLAN DIRECTOR DE AREQUIPA 2002–2015" is formed by 19 districts which are : 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 and Yura
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- At year 2011 Trujillo metropolitan area is formed by 9 urban districts which are : Trujillo, La Esperanza, El Porvenir, Víctor Larco, Florencia de Mora, Huanchaco, Moche, Salaverry and Laredo
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- At year 2011 Chiclayo metropolitan area according to document “Modernización De La Gestión Del Desarrollo Urbano De La Provincia De Chiclayo” is formed by 12 urban districts which are : Chiclayo, Eten, Leonardo Ortiz, La Victoria, Monsefú, Pimentel, Pomalca, Puerto Eten, Reque, Santa Rosa, Lambayeque y San José.
References:
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- http://www.inei.gob.pe/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib0842/index.htm
- http://www.saludarequipa.gob.pe/
- http://www.diresalalibertad.gob.pe/
- http://www.minsa.gob.pe/
- “Modernización De La Gestión Del Desarrollo Urbano De La Provincia De Chiclayo”
- http://www.caparequipa.org/attachments/324_Plan%20Director%20de%20Arequipa%20Metropolitana.pdf
