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Peru

Official name:

the Republic of Peru

Name in native language:

Perú (el) /

Capital:

Lima

ISO country code

PE

Nat. statistical agency:

INEI

Region:

South America

Census Results

1940-xx-xx : 7,023,111
1961-07-02 : 10,420,357
1972-06-04 : 14,121,564
1981-07-12 : 17,762,231
1993-07-11 : 22,639,443
2007-10-21 : 27,412,157

the Republic of Peru

Administrative units

code	departamento	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1993-07-11 census	population 2007-10-21 census	population 2012-06-30 projection
source: INEI, Peru. note: The departments are officially called Regions now, but the name Departamentos is commonly used. Lima province was part of the Lima department, but became a separate special province, like Callao (which in fact is the sole part of the Callao Region).
010000	Departamento de Amazonas	Chachapoyas	39,249.13	336,665	375,993	417,508
020000	Departamento Ancash	Huaraz	35,914.81	955,023	1,063,459	1,129,391
030000	Departamento Apurímac	Abancay	20,895.79	381,997	404,190	451,881
040000	Departamento de Arequipa	Arequipa	63,345.39	916,806	1,152,303	1,245,251
050000	Departamento de Ayacucho	Ayacucho	43,814.80	492,507	612,489	666,029
060000	Departamento de Cajamarca	Cajamarca	33,317.54	1,259,808	1,387,809	1,513,892
070000	Provincia Constitutional del Callao	Callao	146.98	639,729	876,877	969,170
080000	Departamento de Cusco	Cusco	71,986.50	1,028,763	1,171,403	1,292,175
090000	Departamento de Huancavelica	Huancavelica	22,131.47	385,162	454,797	483,580
100000	Departamento de Huánuco	Huánuco	36,848.85	654,489	762,223	840,984
110000	Departamento de Ica	Ica	21,327.83	565,686	711,932	763,558
120000	Departamento de Junín	Huancayo	44,197.23	1,035,841	1,225,474	1,321,407
130000	Departamento de La Libertad	Trujillo	25,499.90	1,270,261	1,617,050	1,791,659
140000	Departamento de Lambayeque	Chiclayo	14,231.30	920,795	1,112,868	1,229,260
150000	Departamento Lima	Lima	32,126.46	680,181	839,469	913,734
150100	Provincia de Lima	Lima	2,670.40	5,706,127	7,605,742	8,481,415
160000	Departamento de Loreto	Iquitos	368,851.95	687,282	891,732	1,006,953
170000	Departamento de Madre de Dios	Puerto Maldonado	85,300.54	67,008	109,555	127,639
180000	Departamento de Moquegua	Moquegua	15,733.97	128,747	161,533	174,859
190000	Departamento de Pasco	Cerro de Pasco	25,319.59	226,295	280,449	297,591
200000	Departamento Piura	Piura	35,892.49	1,388,264	1,676,315	1,799,607
210000	Departamento de Puno	Puno	71,999.00	1,079,849	1,268,441	1,377,122
220000	Departamento San Martín	Moyobamba	51,253.31	552,387	728,808	806,452
230000	Departamento de Tacna	Tacna	16,075.89	218,353	288,781	328,915
240000	Departamento de Tumbes	Tumbes	4,669.20	155,521	200,306	228,227
250000	Departamento de Ucayali	Pucallpa	102,410.55	314,810	432,159	477,616
	total		1,285,215.60	22,048,356	27,412,157	30,135,875

Expanded administrative units

code	departamento provincia	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1993-07-11 census	population 2007-10-21 census	population 2012-06-30 projection
source: INEI, Peru. note: The departments are officially called Regions now, but the name Departamentos is commonly used. Lima province was part of the Lima department, but became a separate special province, like Callao (which in fact is the sole part of the Callao Region).
010000	Departamento de Amazonas	Chachapoyas	39,249.13	336,665	375,993	417,508
010100	Chachapoyas	Chachapoyas	3,312.37	45,058	49,700	54,783
010200	Bagua	Bagua	5,745.72	69,482	71,757	77,438
010300	Bongará	Jumbilla	2,869.65	20,459	27,465	32,317
010400	Condorcanqui	Santa María de Nieva	17,865.39	30,520	43,311	51,802
010500	Luya	Lamud	3,236.68	46,837	48,328	52,185
010600	Rodríguez De Mendoza	Mendoza	2,359.39	21,389	26,389	30,236
010700	Utcumamba	Bagua Grande	3,859.93	102,920	109,043	118,747
020000	Departamento Ancash	Huaraz	35,914.81	955,023	1,063,459	1,129,391
020100	Huaraz	Huaraz	2,493.31	121,028	147,463	161,003
020200	Aija	Aija	696.72	8,657	7,995	7,974
020300	Antonio Raymondi	Llamellín	561.61	18,912	17,059	16,879
020400	Asunción	Chacas	528.66	9,846	9,054	9,013
020500	Bolognesi	Chiquián	3,154.80	28,029	30,725	32,452
020600	Carhuaz	Carhuaz	803.95	39,721	43,902	46,434
020700	Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald	San Luis	624.25	21,026	21,322	21,920
020800	Casma	Casma	2,262.86	35,380	42,368	46,032
020900	Corongo	Corongo	988.01	8,917	8,329	8,340
021000	Huari	Huari	2,771.90	63,883	62,598	63,726
021100	Huarmey	Huarmey	3,909.08	23,858	27,820	29,972
021200	Huaylas	Caráz	2,292.78	50,575	53,729	56,102
021300	Mariscal Luzuriaga	Piscobamba	730.58	23,151	23,292	23,888
021400	Ocros	Ocros	1,945.07	7,039	9,196	10,283
021500	Pallasca	Cabana	2,101.21	28,389	29,454	30,536
021600	Pomabamba	Pomabamba	914.05	26,276	27,954	29,196
021700	Recuay	Recuay	2,304.19	19,234	19,102	19,509
021800	Santa	Chimbote	4,014.33	338,951	396,434	427,157
021900	Sihuas	Sihuas	1,455.97	31,963	30,700	31,006
022000	Yungay	Yungay	1,361.48	50,188	54,963	57,969
030000	Departamento Apurímac	Abancay	20,895.79	381,997	404,190	451,881
030100	Abancay	Abancay	3,447.13	95,092	96,064	105,694
030200	Andahuaylas	Andahuaylas	3,987.00	128,390	143,846	163,662
030300	Antabamba	Antabamba	3,219.01	12,462	12,267	13,399
030400	Aymaraes	Chalhuanca	4,213.07	28,886	29,569	32,722
030500	Cotabambas	Tambobamba	2,612.73	42,008	45,771	51,667
030600	Chincheros	Chincheros	1,242.33	48,481	51,583	57,750
030700	Grau	Chuquibambilla	2,174.52	26,678	25,090	26,987
040000	Departamento de Arequipa	Arequipa	63,345.39	916,806	1,152,303	1,245,251
040100	Arequipa	Arequipa	9,682.02	676,790	864,250	936,464
040200	Camaná	Camaná	3,998.28	42,403	53,065	57,187
040300	Caravelí	Caravelí	13,139.86	27,484	35,928	39,317
040400	Castilla	Aplao	6,914.48	36,864	38,425	38,990
040500	Caylloma	Chivay	14,019.46	45,236	73,718	86,542
040600	Condesuyos	Chuquibamba	6,958.40	20,695	18,991	18,540
040700	Islay	Mollendo	3,886.49	50,039	52,264	53,047
040800	La Unión	Cotahuasi	4,746.40	17,295	15,662	15,164
050000	Departamento de Ayacucho	Ayacucho	43,814.80	492,507	612,489	666,029
050100	Huamanga	Ayacucho	2,981.37	163,197	221,390	261,382
050200	Cangallo	Cangallo	1,916.17	33,833	34,902	34,298
050300	Huanca Sancos	Huanca Sancos	2,862.33	10,213	10,620	10,472
050400	Huanta	Huanta	3,878.91	64,503	93,360	102,619
050500	La Mar	San Miguel	4,392.15	70,018	84,177	87,160
050600	Lucanas	Puquío	14,494.64	55,830	65,414	67,167
050700	Parinacochas	Coracora	5,968.32	22,769	30,007	32,023
050800	Paucar Del Sara Sara	Pausa	2,096.92	10,140	11,012	11,028
050900	Sucre	Querobamba	1,785.64	12,623	12,595	12,255
051000	Victor Fajardo	Huancapí	2,260.19	27,079	25,412	24,213
051100	Vilcas Huamán	Vilcas Huamán	1,178.16	22,302	23,600	23,412
060000	Departamento de Cajamarca	Cajamarca	33,317.54	1,259,808	1,387,809	1,513,892
060100	Cajamarca	Cajamarca	2,979.78	230,049	316,152	368,639
060200	Cajabamba	Cajabamba	1,807.64	69,236	74,287	80,086
060300	Celendín	Celendín	2,641.59	82,436	88,508	95,433
060400	Chota	Chota	3,795.10	164,144	160,447	167,670
060500	Contumazá	Contumazá	2,070.33	32,698	31,369	32,602
060600	Cutervo	Cutervo	3,028.46	143,795	138,213	143,667
060700	Hualgayoc	Bambamarca	777.15	75,806	89,813	100,009
060800	Jaén	Jaén	5,232.57	170,261	183,634	198,354
060900	San Ignacio	San Ignacio	4,990.30	112,526	131,239	145,478
061000	San Marcos	San Marcos	1,362.32	48,632	51,031	54,622
061100	San Miguel	San Miguel de Pallaques	2,542.08	61,160	56,146	57,492
061200	San Pablo	San Pablo	672.29	24,494	23,114	23,885
061300	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz de S.	1,417.93	44,571	43,856	45,955
070000	Provincia Constitutional del Callao	Callao	146.98	639,729	876,877	969,170
080000	Departamento de Cusco	Cusco	71,986.50	1,028,763	1,171,403	1,292,175
080100	Cusco	Cusco	617.00	270,324	367,791	427,580
080200	Acomayo	Acomayo	948.22	28,906	27,357	28,318
080300	Anta	Anta	1,876.12	56,424	54,828	57,262
080400	Calca	Calca	4,414.49	56,007	65,407	72,583
080500	Canas	Yanaocá	2,103.76	39,476	38,293	39,973
080600	Canchis	Sicuani	3,999.27	94,962	96,937	102,826
080700	Chumbivilcas	Santo Tomás	5,371.08	69,669	75,585	81,878
080800	Espinar	Espinar	5,311.09	56,591	62,698	68,390
080900	La Convención	Quillabamba	30,061.82	157,240	166,833	179,515
081000	Paruro	Paruro	1,984.42	34,361	30,939	31,521
081100	Paucartambo	Paucartambo	6,295.01	40,696	45,877	50,323
081200	Quispicanchi	Urcos	7,564.79	75,853	82,173	88,967
081300	Urubamba	Urubamba	1,439.43	48,254	56,685	63,039
090000	Departamento de Huancavelica	Huancavelica	22,131.47	385,162	454,797	483,580
090100	Huancavelica	Huancavelica	4,215.56	107,055	142,723	153,773
090200	Acobamba	Acobamba	910.82	42,096	63,792	73,243
090300	Angaraes	Urcay	1,959.03	43,060	55,704	60,816
090400	Castrovirreyna	Castrovirreyna	3,984.62	19,738	19,500	19,500
090500	Churcampa	Churcampa	1,232.45	41,130	44,903	45,172
090600	Huaytara	Huaytara	6,458.39	23,319	23,274	23,361
090700	Tayacaja	Pampas	3,370.60	108,764	104,901	107,715
100000	Departamento de Huánuco	Huánuco	36,848.85	654,489	762,223	840,984
100100	Huánuco	Huánuco	4,022.54	223,339	270,233	301,396
100200	Ambo	Ambo	1,581.00	55,942	55,483	57,957
100300	Dos De Mayo	La Unión	1,438.88	39,806	47,008	52,025
100400	Huacaybamba	Huacaybamba	1,743.70	17,719	20,408	22,403
100500	Huamalies	Llata	3,144.50	56,119	66,450	73,621
100600	Leoncio Prado	Tingo María	4,952.99	97,931	116,965	129,953
100700	Marañón	Huacrachuco	4,801.50	20,106	26,620	30,594
100800	Pachitea	Panao	2,629.96	46,162	60,321	69,003
100900	Puerto Inca	Puerto Inca	9,913.94	32,405	31,032	32,060
101000	Lauricocha	Jesús	1,860.13	31,988	35,323	38,257
101100	Yarowilca	Chavinillo	759.71	32,972	32,380	33,715
110000	Departamento de Ica	Ica	21,327.83	565,686	711,932	763,558
110100	Ica	Ica	7,894.25	244,741	321,332	349,036
110200	Chincha	Chincha Alta	2,988.27	150,264	194,315	210,098
110300	Nazca	Nazca	5,234.24	52,742	57,531	58,817
110400	Palpa	Palpa	1,232.88	13,427	12,875	12,621
110500	Pisco	Pisco	3,978.19	104,512	125,879	132,986
120000	Departamento de Junín	Huancayo	44,197.23	1,035,841	1,225,474	1,321,407
120100	Huancayo	Huancayo	3,558.10	389,548	466,346	497,299
120200	Concepción	Concepción	3,067.52	64,785	60,121	58,942
120300	Chanchamayo	La Merced	4,723.40	114,045	168,949	193,140
120400	Jauja	Jauja	3,749.10	104,828	92,053	88,524
120500	Junín	Junín	2,360.07	39,627	30,187	27,722
120600	Satipo	Satipo	19,219.48	94,250	193,872	244,727
120700	Tarma	Tarma	2,749.16	115,686	112,230	111,631
120800	Yauli	La Oroya	3,617.35	65,229	49,838	45,858
120900	Chupaca	Chupaca	1,153.05	47,843	51,878	53,564
130000	Departamento de La Libertad	Trujillo	25,499.90	1,270,261	1,617,050	1,791,659
130100	Trujillo	Trujillo	1,768.65	597,315	811,979	914,036
130200	Ascope	Ascope	2,655.75	108,976	116,229	120,884
130300	Bolívar	Bolívar	1,718.86	16,814	16,650	16,910
130400	Chepén	Chepén	1,142.43	59,167	75,980	84,037
130500	Julcan	Julcan	1,101.39	36,797	32,985	32,400
130600	Otuzco	Otuzco	2,110.77	83,687	88,817	92,237
130700	Pacasmayo	San Pedro de Lloc	1,126.67	78,927	94,377	101,954
130800	Pataz	Tayabamba	4,226.53	63,426	78,383	85,687
130900	Sánchez Carrión	Huamachuco	2,486.38	108,300	136,221	149,616
131000	Santiago de Chuco	Santiago de Chuco	2,658.96	52,991	58,320	61,329
131100	Gran Chimu	Cascas	1,284.77	29,187	30,399	31,402
131200	Viru	Viru	3,218.74	34,674	76,710	101,167
140000	Departamento de Lambayeque	Chiclayo	14,231.30	920,795	1,112,868	1,229,260
140100	Chiclayo	Chiclayo	3,288.07	617,881	757,452	836,299
140200	Ferreñafe	Ferreñafe	1,578.60	92,377	96,142	104,820
140300	Lambayeque	Lambayeque	9,364.63	210,537	259,274	288,141
150000	Departamento Lima	Lima	32,126.46	680,181	839,469	913,734
150200	Barranca	Barranca	1,355.87	114,051	133,904	143,216
150300	Cajatambo	Cajatambo	1,515.21	9,475	8,358	8,139
150400	Canta	Canta	1,687.29	10,996	13,513	14,669
150500	Cañete	San Vincente de Cañete	4,574.91	152,378	200,662	222,877
150600	Huaral	Huaral	3,655.70	126,025	164,660	182,409
150700	Huarochiri	Matucana	5,657.93	59,057	72,845	79,177
150800	Huaura	Huacho	4,891.92	163,174	197,384	213,188
150900	Oyon	Oyon	1,886.05	17,279	20,642	22,217
151000	Yauyos	Yauyos	6,901.58	27,746	27,501	27,842
150100	Provincia de Lima	Lima	2,670.40	5,706,127	7,605,742	8,481,415
160000	Departamento de Loreto	Iquitos	368,851.95	687,282	891,732	1,006,953
160100	Maynas	Iquitos	119,859.40	393,496	492,992	550,031
160200	Alto Amazonas	Yurimaguas	65,374.22	113,904	104,667	117,163
160300	Loreto	Nauta	67,434.12	49,362	62,165	69,508
160400	Mariscal Ramón Castilla	Caballococha	37,412.94	32,900	54,829	67,143
160500	Requena	Requena	49,477.80	52,058	65,692	72,706
160600	Ucayali	Contamaná	29,293.47	45,562	61,816	70,782
160700	Datem del Marañon	Datem del Marañon			49,571	59,620
170000	Departamento de Madre de Dios	Puerto Maldonado	85,300.54	67,008	109,555	127,639
170100	Tambopata	Puerto Maldfonado	36,268.49	46,738	78,523	91,988
170200	Manu	Fitzcarrald	27,835.17	13,827	20,290	22,906
170300	Tahuamanu	Iñapari	21,196.88	6,443	10,742	12,745
180000	Departamento de Moquegua	Moquegua	15,733.97	128,747	161,533	174,859
180100	Mariscal Nieto	Moquegua	8,671.58	57,939	72,849	78,890
180200	General Sánchez Cerro	Omate	5,681.71	19,327	24,904	27,275
180300	Ilo	Ilo	1,380.68	51,481	63,780	68,694
190000	Departamento de Pasco	Cerro de Pasco	25,319.59	226,295	280,449	297,591
190100	Pasco	Cerro de Pasco	4,758.57	129,899	150,717	156,259
190200	Daniel Alcides Carrión	Yanahuanca	1,887.23	36,098	47,803	51,789
190300	Oxapampa	Oxapampa	18,673.79	60,298	81,929	89,543
200000	Departamento Piura	Piura	35,892.49	1,388,264	1,676,315	1,799,607
200100	Piura	Piura	6,211.16	502,339	665,991	734,437
200200	Ayabaca	Ayabaca	5,230.68	131,310	138,403	141,708
200300	Huancabamba	Huancabamba	4,254.14	117,459	124,298	127,423
200400	Morropón	Chulucanas	3,817.92	163,052	159,693	159,486
200500	Paita	Paita	1,785.16	76,070	108,535	122,725
200600	Sullana	Sullana	5,423.61	234,562	287,680	309,605
200700	Talara	Talara	2,799.49	120,904	129,396	133,148
200800	Sechura	Sechura	6,370.33	42,568	62,319	71,075
210000	Departamento de Puno	Puno	71,999.00	1,079,849	1,268,441	1,377,122
210100	Puno	Puno	11,496.64	201,205	229,236	244,692
210200	Azángaro	Azángaro	4,970.01	138,998	136,829	139,092
210300	Carabaya	Macubani	12,266.40	46,777	73,946	87,812
210400	Chucuíto	Juli	3,978.13	93,001	126,259	142,711
210500	El Collao	Ilave	5,600.51	75,456	81,059	84,865
210600	Huancane	Huancane	2,805.85	80,317	69,522	67,726
210700	Lampa	Lampa	5,791.73	43,461	48,223	51,039
210800	Melgar	Ayaviri	6,446.85	72,005	74,735	77,355
210900	Moho	Moho	1,005.25	33,320	27,819	26,799
211000	San Antonio De Putina	Putina	3,207.38	28,475	50,490	62,247
211100	San Román	Juliaca	2,277.63	168,534	240,776	276,352
211200	Sandia	Sandia	11,862.41	50,042	62,147	68,253
211300	Yunguyo	Yunguyo	290.21	48,258	47,400	48,179
220000	Departamento San Martín	Moyobamba	51,253.31	552,387	728,808	806,452
220100	Moyobamba	Moyobamba	3,772.31	69,943	115,389	136,414
220200	Bellavista	Bellavista	8,050.90	34,414	49,293	55,815
220300	El Dorado	San José de Sisa	1,298.14	23,409	33,638	38,152
220400	Huallaga	Saposoa	2,380.85	22,236	24,448	25,357
220500	Lamás	Lamás	5,040.67	67,253	79,075	83,825
220600	Mariscal Cáceres	Juanjuí	14,498.73	49,798	50,884	51,489
220700	Picota	Picota	2,171.41	26,955	37,721	42,369
220800	Rioja	Rioja	2,535.04	69,787	104,882	120,387
220900	San Martín	Tarapoto	5,639.82	118,069	161,132	179,184
221000	Tocache	Tocache	5,865.44	70,523	72,346	73,460
230000	Departamento de Tacna	Tacna	16,075.89	218,353	288,781	328,915
230100	Tacna	Tacna	8,066.11	188,759	262,731	302,852
230200	Candarave	Candarave	2,261.10	9,238	8,373	8,435
230300	Jorge Basadre	Locumba	2,928.72	12,175	9,872	9,641
230400	Tarata	Tarata	2,819.96	8,181	7,805	7,987
240000	Departamento de Tumbes	Tumbes	4,669.20	155,521	200,306	228,227
240100	Tumbes	Tumbes	1,800.85	115,406	142,338	159,548
240200	Contralmirante Villar	Zorritos	2,123.22	13,361	16,914	19,180
240300	Zarumilla	Zarumilla	745.13	26,754	41,054	49,499
250000	Departamento de Ucayali	Pucallpa	102,410.55	314,810	432,159	477,616
250100	Coronel Portillo	Pucallpa	36,815.86	248,449	333,890	366,040
250200	Atalaya	Atalaya	38,924.43	28,290	43,933	50,569
250300	Padre Abad	Aguaytía	8,822.50	35,539	50,590	56,756
250400	Purús	Esperanza	17,847.76	2,532	3,746	4,251
	total		1,285,215.60	22,048,356	27,412,157	30,135,875

Agglomerations

name	population 1993-07-11 census	population 2007-10-21 census
Lima Metropolitana	6,321,173	8,472,935
source: INEI, Peru.

Main cities

name	population 1993-07-11 census	population 2007-10-21 census	latitude / longitude
Lima	5,706,127	7,605,742	-12.07/-77.01
Arequipa	619,156	749,291
Trujillo	509,312	682,834
Chiclayo	424,004	524,442
Callao	369,768	438,326
Piura	277,964	377,496
Iquitos	274,759	370,962
Cusco	255,568	348,935
Chimbote	282,279	334,568
Huancayo	258,209	323,054
Tacna	174,336	242,451
Ica	168,998	219,856
Juliaca	142,576	216,716
Pucallpa	172,286	204,772
Sullana	147,361	181,954
Cajamarca	92,447	162,326
Chincha Alta	110,016	153,598
Ayacucho	105,918	151,019
Huánuco	118,814	149,210
Puno	91,877	120,229
Tarapoto	77,783	117,184
Huaraz	66,888	100,931
Tumbes	74,085	94,751
Talara	82,228	87,622
source: INEI, Peru. note: population of Lima based on "Lima - Provincia".