Regions in Peru
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You can sort the regions in Peru alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Peru
There are 26 regions in Peru in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Lima Provincia de Lima | 1. | 7,605,742 | Lima Lima | 7,737,002 |
Callao Callao | 2. | 839,271 | Callao Callao | 1,300,000 |
Arequipa Arequipa | 3. | 1,218,168 | Arequipa Arequipa | 1,008,290 |
La Libertad La Libertad | 4. | 1,617,050 | Trujillo Trujillo | 919,899 |
Lambayeque Lambayeque | 5. | 1,091,535 | Chiclayo Chiclayo | 552,508 |
Piura Piura | 6. | 1,630,772 | Piura Piura | 484,475 |
Junin Junín | 7. | 1,274,781 | Huancayo Huancayo | 456,250 |
Cusco Cusco | 8. | 1,171,503 | Cusco Cusco | 428,450 |
Loreto Loreto | 9. | 883,510 | Iquitos Iquitos | 377,609 |
Ucayali Ucayali | 10. | 432,195 | Pucallpa Pucallpa | 326,040 |
Tacna Tacna | 11. | 274,496 | Tacna Tacna | 286,240 |
Ica Ica | 12. | 709,556 | Ica Ica | 282,407 |
Cajamarca Cajamarca | 13. | 1,359,023 | Cajamarca Cajamarca | 201,329 |
Huanuco Región de Huánuco | 14. | 730,871 | Huanuco Huánuco | 196,627 |
Ayacucho Ayacucho | 15. | 619,522 | Ayacucho Ayacucho | 140,033 |
Puno Puno | 16. | 1,364,362 | Puno Puno | 128,637 |
Ancash Ancash | 17. | 1,039,415 | Huaraz Huaraz | 118,836 |
Tumbes Tumbes | 18. | 191,713 | Tumbes Tumbes | 96,946 |
Madre de Dios Madre de Dios | 19. | 109,555 | Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado | 85,024 |
Apurimac Región de Apurímac | 20. | 418,882 | Abancay Abancay | 72,277 |
Moquegua Departamento de Moquegua | 21. | 163,757 | Moquegua Moquegua | 69,882 |
Pasco Pasco | 22. | 277,475 | Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco | 58,899 |
Lima region Lima | 23. | 8,481,415 | Huacho Huacho | 54,545 |
San Martin Región de San Martín | 24. | 778,545 | Moyobamba Moyobamba | 50,073 |
Huancavelica Huancavelica | 25. | 454,797 | Huancavelica Huancavelica | 49,570 |
Amazonas Amazonas | 26. | 443,025 | Chachapoyas Chachapoyas | 32,026 |