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 |
Apurimac Región de Apurímac | 1. | 418,882 | Abancay Abancay | 72,277 |
Arequipa Arequipa | 2. | 1,218,168 | Arequipa Arequipa | 1,008,290 |
Ayacucho Ayacucho | 3. | 619,522 | Ayacucho Ayacucho | 140,033 |
Cajamarca Cajamarca | 4. | 1,359,023 | Cajamarca Cajamarca | 201,329 |
Callao Callao | 5. | 839,271 | Callao Callao | 1,300,000 |
Pasco Pasco | 6. | 277,475 | Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco | 58,899 |
Amazonas Amazonas | 7. | 443,025 | Chachapoyas Chachapoyas | 32,026 |
Lambayeque Lambayeque | 8. | 1,091,535 | Chiclayo Chiclayo | 552,508 |
Cusco Cusco | 9. | 1,171,503 | Cusco Cusco | 428,450 |
Lima region Lima | 10. | 8,481,415 | Huacho Huacho | 54,545 |
Huancavelica Huancavelica | 11. | 454,797 | Huancavelica Huancavelica | 49,570 |
Junin Junín | 12. | 1,274,781 | Huancayo Huancayo | 456,250 |
Huanuco Región de Huánuco | 13. | 730,871 | Huanuco Huánuco | 196,627 |
Ancash Ancash | 14. | 1,039,415 | Huaraz Huaraz | 118,836 |
Ica Ica | 15. | 709,556 | Ica Ica | 282,407 |
Loreto Loreto | 16. | 883,510 | Iquitos Iquitos | 377,609 |
Lima Provincia de Lima | 17. | 7,605,742 | Lima Lima | 7,737,002 |
Moquegua Departamento de Moquegua | 18. | 163,757 | Moquegua Moquegua | 69,882 |
San Martin Región de San Martín | 19. | 778,545 | Moyobamba Moyobamba | 50,073 |
Piura Piura | 20. | 1,630,772 | Piura Piura | 484,475 |
Ucayali Ucayali | 21. | 432,195 | Pucallpa Pucallpa | 326,040 |
Madre de Dios Madre de Dios | 22. | 109,555 | Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado | 85,024 |
Puno Puno | 23. | 1,364,362 | Puno Puno | 128,637 |
Tacna Tacna | 24. | 274,496 | Tacna Tacna | 286,240 |
La Libertad La Libertad | 25. | 1,617,050 | Trujillo Trujillo | 919,899 |
Tumbes Tumbes | 26. | 191,713 | Tumbes Tumbes | 96,946 |