List of metropolitan areas of Peru


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. As of the 2007 census, these cities are Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo.

Composition

Lima metropolitan area is composed of 5 sub regions that group 43 urban districts of Lima Province and 6 districts of Callao Province. These sub regions are the Lima Norte, Lima Sur, Lima Este, Central Lima, and Callao with a total estimated population in 2015 of 9.886.647 people.
CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Arequipa54.905District
Paucarpata284.755District
Cerro Colorado248.164District
Cayma91.802District
Alto Selva alegre82.412District
Socabaya78.135District
José Luís Bustamante y Rivero76.711District
Mariano Melgar52.667District
Miraflores48.677District
Jacobo Hunter48.326District
Yanahuara25.483District
Yura25.367District
Sachaca19.581District
Tiabaya14.768District
Uchumayo12.436District
Characato9.288District
Sabandia4.136District
Mollebaya1.868District
Quequeña1.376District
Total1.121.500--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Trujillo314,939District
El Porvenir190,461District
La Esperanza189,206District
Víctor Larco Herrera68,506District
Huanchaco68,409District
Moche37,436District
Florencia de Mora37,262District
Laredo37,206District
Salaverry18,944District
Total962,369--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Chiclayo291.777District
Leonardo Ortiz193.232District
La Victoria90.546District
Lambayeque77.234District
Pimentel44.285District
Monsefú31.847District
Pomalca25.323District
San José16.172District
Reque14.942District
Santa Rosa12.687District
Eten10.571District
Puerto Eten2.167District
Total810.783--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Piura and Veintiséis de Octubre District301.311District
Castilla143.203District
Catacaos72.779District
Total517.293--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Iquitos150.484District
Belén75.685District
Punchana91.128District
San Juan Bautista154.696District
Total471.993--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Cusco118.316District
San Jerónimo47.101District
Santiago90.154District
Wanchaq63.778District
San Sebastián115.305District
Total434.654--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Chimbote214.804District
Nuevo Chimbote151.127District
Coishco15.811District
Total381.742--

CompositionEstimated
population 2016		Subdivision
Huancayo116.953District
El Tambo161.429District
Chilca85.628District
Total364.010--