Regions in Peru

Peru is made up of 26 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Peru. Information on all primary administrative regions in Peru.

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Primary administrative regions in Peru

There are 26 regions in Peru in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Peru
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Apurimac Región de Apurímac1.418,882Abancay Abancay72,277
Arequipa Arequipa2.1,218,168Arequipa Arequipa1,008,290
Ayacucho Ayacucho3.619,522Ayacucho Ayacucho140,033
Cajamarca Cajamarca4.1,359,023Cajamarca Cajamarca201,329
Callao Callao5.839,271Callao Callao1,300,000
Pasco Pasco6.277,475Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco58,899
Amazonas Amazonas7.443,025Chachapoyas Chachapoyas32,026
Lambayeque Lambayeque8.1,091,535Chiclayo Chiclayo552,508
Cusco Cusco9.1,171,503Cusco Cusco428,450
Lima region Lima10.8,481,415Huacho Huacho54,545
Huancavelica Huancavelica11.454,797Huancavelica Huancavelica49,570
Junin Junín12.1,274,781Huancayo Huancayo456,250
Huanuco Región de Huánuco13.730,871Huanuco Huánuco196,627
Ancash Ancash14.1,039,415Huaraz Huaraz118,836
Ica Ica15.709,556Ica Ica282,407
Loreto Loreto16.883,510Iquitos Iquitos377,609
Lima Provincia de Lima17.7,605,742Lima Lima7,737,002
Moquegua Departamento de Moquegua18.163,757Moquegua Moquegua69,882
San Martin Región de San Martín19.778,545Moyobamba Moyobamba50,073
Piura Piura20.1,630,772Piura Piura484,475
Ucayali Ucayali21.432,195Pucallpa Pucallpa326,040
Madre de Dios Madre de Dios22.109,555Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado85,024
Puno Puno23.1,364,362Puno Puno128,637
Tacna Tacna24.274,496Tacna Tacna286,240
La Libertad La Libertad25.1,617,050Trujillo Trujillo919,899
Tumbes Tumbes26.191,713Tumbes Tumbes96,946